就给我个仨瓜俩枣 平时还吆五喝六的
“and pays me peanuts. And he always orders me around.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凭什么呀 他平时对我也不咋的 他挣那么多钱
“This is not fair. He never treated me well anyway. He makes so much money”
就 给我 个 仨瓜俩枣 平时还 吆五喝六 的
“and pays me peanuts. And he always orders me around.”
“I got mad and thought I'd just blow the whole thing wide open.”
“He treats me like dirt and pays me peanuts, so he deserves whatever trouble I cause him.”
In Chinese social and working relations, perceived stinginess combined with disrespectful, domineering attitude severely damages reciprocity, frequently triggering extreme escalation to vent pent-up grievance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
peanuts; a paltry sum of money
A colloquial northern idiom used dismissively when complaining about negligible payment or compensation.
bossing people around; being loud and domineering
Use this colorful idiom to criticize someone who acts arrogant and barks orders at others.
Used at the end of a descriptive predicate to reinforce the ongoing, typical nature of the person's annoying behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your family runs a big business. The little money I make”
“With pay that little,”
“making peanuts from dancing.”
“Okay, okay, you're not dumb. Why yelling?”
“I was thinking of making you some dumplings.”
“- Why's this kid so silly? - Exactly. I'm not silly. I'm not going anywhere.”