我能杀猪卖猪肉挣钱
“and I'd butcher pigs and sell meat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You'd copy books and write essays to make money,”
我能杀猪卖猪肉挣钱
“and I'd butcher pigs and sell meat.”
遇到什么困难
“Whatever difficulties we encountered,”
“I was proud to do honest, hard work so long as we could be together.”
In traditional narrative tropes, an educated scholar and an energetic, practical trade partner create a charming contrast of brain and brawn harmonizing to survive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to earn money
A highly colloquial and ubiquitous everyday term for making a living.
to butcher pigs
Refers literally to a butcher's trade, culturally denoting gritty, robust, working-class labor.