你非要买这么个房子
“you want to buy such a house.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
买不起呀 攒了一辈子钱 眼见着就要退休养老了
“the 85 square unit either. We've saved money for a lifetime, and when we're about to retire,”
你 非要 买这么个房子
“you want to buy such a house.”
以后还怎么过
“It'll be such a great burden.”
“Your obstinate decision has ruined our finances, and now we are going to suffer for it.”
Buying property in China often requires exhausting life savings (the 'six wallets' phenomenon), risking the entire family's old-age welfare.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on; stubbornly demand to
Expresses strong annoyance toward someone stubbornly doing something ill-advised.
such a; this kind of
Spoken demonstrative phrase often carrying a disparaging or dismissive tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“buy a house with that money.”
“You promised me to buy me a big house.”
“(I'll buy an even bigger and better house for you.)”
“Didn't you say you'd stay till it's sold?”
“why do you desire a unit that much?”
“I think such a good house”