花了三个月的工资 这真是下血本了
“Cost him three months' salary. That's not cheap.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他说 在东门市场逛了半天 才给你选定的
“That took him a while at Dongmen Market to pick that out.”
花了三个月的工资 这 真是 下血本了
“Cost him three months' salary. That's not cheap.”
“Come on, let him see it.”
“He went completely above and beyond for you, so you must appreciate this.”
In Chinese gift-giving culture, the value of a gift is often measured not just by its luxury, but by how heavy a financial sacrifice it represents for the giver, symbolizing deep devotion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spare no expense; to stake a huge sum of money
A vivid colloquial idiom used when someone invests an unusually large amount of money or effort into something.
Emphasizes the completion of the action and the speaker's emotional assessment of the realized cost.