不是有的是卖果盘的吗
“always selling fruit platters?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那歌舞厅还有洗浴中心
“Aren't those cabarets and bathhouses”
不是 有的是 卖果盘 的吗
“always selling fruit platters?”
你看你这事办的
“Look at how you handled this.”
“You can get fruit platters anywhere, so why make such a big deal out of it?”
In Chinese nightlife venues like dance halls and bathhouses, fruit platters are staple marked-up food items, making their availability common knowledge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
there are plenty of; in great abundance
A highly colloquial northern Chinese idiom used to emphasize that something is easily found or in endless supply.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical challenge asserting an obvious truth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“these fruits weren't actually for me, were they?”
“The fruit sold quite well today.”
“Isn't this the cherry?”
“They do, but… the killer might not be necessarily wearing a mask.”
“Excuse me, is this He Yuqiong's stall?”
“But this isn't a loquat,”