咱一个大子儿都拿不着
“we won't get a single penny.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
房子的租金 租金租金 千万不能松口 这一松口
“The rent for the house... Don't budge on the rent. If you do,”
咱 一个大子儿都拿不着
“we won't get a single penny.”
他不会跟您卖过惨了吧
“He didn't already cry to you about his misery, did he?”
“Do not show any sympathy, or we will be left penniless.”
Terms like '大子儿' are characteristic of Northern colloquial speech used to emphasize complete financial destitution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a coin; a copper penny
A traditional Northern dialect term used colloquially to mean a single cent or a tiny amount of money.
cannot obtain; unable to get
A potential complement structure used to express inability to acquire or receive something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“can't pull it off alone.”
“Surely she can come up with this little bit of money.”
“are just out of our reach.”
“I don't have enough money.”
“it's not something I can easily judge.”
“can never be obtained.”