烂猪肉还想卖个好价钱
“you can achieve something big?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你啊 真的是啊
“Seriously, you think”
烂猪肉 还想 卖个好价钱
“you can achieve something big?”
你以为你很了不起吗
“Think you're something special?”
“Know your place; you are completely worthless but act entitled.”
Comparing people to low-grade market goods (like spoiled pork) is a visceral, crude vernacular tactic in Chinese quarrels intended to strip away face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fetch a good price; to sell for a high price
Literally about trade, but often used metaphorically when judging a person's social or marriage market value.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Pork!”
“And the pork they begged for during festivals—”
“This piece of pork is a bit too big.”
“and I'd butcher pigs and sell meat.”
“How much is this?”
“and have endless pork for life.”