就算她把房租退给我们了
“Even if she refunds the rent,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就在这儿说 赶紧的
“Say it here. Spit it out.”
就算 她把 房租退给我们 了
“Even if she refunds the rent,”
我们怕是也找不到更好的了
“I'm afraid we still won't find a better place.”
“Getting our money back won't solve our bigger problem of finding a decent place.”
Young adults in major Chinese cities face high housing costs and severe scarcity of quality rental options.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even granted that
Introduces a hypothetical concession followed by a restrictive reality.
refund to / return to
A resultative verb compound commonly used in financial transactions.
Marks the completion of the hypothetical condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Anyway, she will pay the rent in full.”
“to pay you back, and has no choice but to share an apartment with you.”
“and get the rent back. Then I'll also get my money back.”
“I can't use his money for rent.”
“She couldn't afford the rent anymore. She insisted on using her stock to cover it.”
“If I pay you a year's rent,”