要还 等咱们以后有了钱 再还呗
“We'll return it but only when we're better off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他小姨早就坐车走了 你让儿子上哪儿追去啊
“She's already gone. How's he gonna catch her now?”
要还 等咱们以后有了钱 再还呗
“We'll return it but only when we're better off.”
咱们家现在 还欠着几千块钱外债呢 现在有了
“Don't forget we're thousands in debt. Now we have this.”
“Don't stress about paying it back now; we're broke, so it can wait indefinitely.”
In Chinese society, borrowing money among relatives or close contacts often lacks rigid repayment deadlines, leading some family members to delay repayment until they are comfortable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait until after...
A standard temporal structure for postponing an action until a future condition is fulfilled.
then just do... (indicating an obvious or relaxed choice)
Combines sequential 'zai' with the casual modal particle 'bei' to suggest a nonchalant solution.
Conveys that the suggested solution is obvious, trivial, or nothing to fret about.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll pay you back as soon as I can.”
“we'll fight you to the death! - Pay up! - Pay up!”
“I'll pay you back later, with the money for the stay.”
“If he could pay the money, we wouldn't have to be here.”
“Then we can save the rest of the money for travel expenses.”
“Give us our money!”
“You should give it back to us now. What role”
“But I haven't paid you back last time. What are you afraid of?”