手术费都是 好不容易凑齐的
“We barely scraped together the money for the surgery!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Our team member was injured and nearly lost a limb!”
手术费都是 好不容易 凑齐 的
“We barely scraped together the money for the surgery!”
我们最困难的时候
“In our most difficult times,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Reflects the common Chinese experience of tight-knit groups pooling scarce resources together during medical or financial emergencies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty / barely managed to
Use this adverbial phrase before a verb phrase to emphasize the immense effort required to achieve something.
to pool together / to scrape up the complete amount
Commonly used when gathering sufficient money, people, or resources from multiple sources.
Marks an emphatic 'shi...de' construction stressing the arduous manner in which the funds were collected.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Will that give your dad the money for surgery?”
“How about this? Go apply for a refund of the surgery fee.”
“I heard the surgery alone for Xiaoliang cost 20,000 to 30,000.”
“and desperately needed money for surgery.”
“All expenses on Director Kang.”
“We know your consultation fee is very high,”