你自己挣的钱自己留着呗 你给我干什么
“Keep the money you earned. Why are you giving it to me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
新发的薪水 给你
“This month's salary, here.”
你自己 挣 的 钱 自己留着 呗 你给我 干什么
“Keep the money you earned. Why are you giving it to me?”
你不是帮爹抓药了吗 钱我得给你
“Didn't you buy medicine for Father? I have to give you the money.”
“You worked hard for this money, keep it for yourself instead of giving it to me.”
In Chinese family dynamics, members often engage in customary push-and-pull when receiving money, declining out of mutual care rather than actual rejection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
keep it for yourself
Commonly used when politely declining a gift, item, or money to suggest the other person keep it.
why are you giving this to me
A rhetorical question in spoken Chinese expressing mild protest or polite refusal when handed something.
Softens the suggestion, conveying that keeping the money is an obvious and sensible choice.
