还能勉勉强强生活
“so they can barely make ends meet.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平时没有大的开销
“There are usually no major expenses,”
还能 勉勉强强 生活
“so they can barely make ends meet.”
“But if the divorce is granted, who gets the house?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese grassroots mediation and civil litigation, financial dependency and basic survival capacity are critical factors considered when dividing property and assessing alimony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely; just enough; with great difficulty
An AABB reduplication of '勉强' used adverbially to emphasize that something is accomplished or maintained with very little margin to spare.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation.”
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation. Finally, I could start working.”
“he can barely scrape by.”