这真不是给点生活费 就能扯平的
“which needs more than just some money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
养孩子费心 磕了碰了 冷了热了 洗衣服做饭
“It's hard to raise a child. It's quite demanding and tiring to take good care of a child.”
这 真不是 给点生活费 就能 扯平 的
“which needs more than just some money.”
“So, I know it's not been easy for you in all these years.”
“Don't think you can clear your conscience and debt just by throwing money at me.”
In Chinese family dynamics, daily caregiving (fuxin) carries deep moral weight that sheer financial support (shenghuofei) is seen as inadequate to repay or balance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break even; to call it quits; to square debts
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to express settling an emotional or financial score between two people.
giving a bit of living expenses/child support
Often used dismissively to emphasize the inadequacy or triviality of money compared to real care.
Used at the end of the sentence to assert certainty and emphasize the speaker's conviction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really can't deliver you the money to cover his living expenses.”
“I have to seek justice for her.”
“But in life, you can't have it both ways.”
“you offered is far too low.”
“Fei Ni will live happily.”
“how can you afford such a lavish lifestyle for him?”