我们凑不出来那么多
“We can't get that much money overnight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
明天不行
“Tomorrow won't work.”
我们 凑不出来 那么多
“We can't get that much money overnight.”
多给我们两天时间
“Give us two more days.”
“We genuinely don't have that money right now, so please don't push us to the brink.”
The verb '凑' (còu) reflects the common social reality of scrambling to pool money from relatives and friends in times of financial hardship or emergency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to scrape together / cannot pool enough
A potential complement structure used specifically for failing to gather required funds, resources, or people.
that much / so much
Indicates an overwhelming amount that exceeds current capability or expectation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don’t have that much money.”
“It's impossible to get enough.”
“I can't even scrape together 1 million.”
“I'm afraid I can't scrape that together right now.”
“Let's make do with it. That's about it.”
“We barely have funds to invest.”
“They claimed to be unable to meet the production demands.”