你一个月才几个大子儿 够扣的吗 再说了
“You only make a few coins a month. Is it enough to deduct? Besides,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If these things lose money, you can deduct it from my wages.”
你一个 月才 几个大子儿 够扣的吗 再说了
“You only make a few coins a month. Is it enough to deduct? Besides,”
赊我那十笼包子钱还没扣完呢 这这这 又提这事
“the money for the ten baskets of Baozi you owe me hasn't been fully deducted yet. You're bringing this up again.”
“Your salary is pennies; stop pretending you can afford to pay for this mistake.”
Terms like '大子儿' hark back to traditional bronze coinage, used idiomatically today to disparage insignificant earnings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a few coins; pocket change; a meager amount of money
A colloquial northern Chinese expression used to belittle an amount of money or earnings.
besides; furthermore; on top of that
A very common discourse marker used to introduce an additional justifying argument.
Forms a rhetorical question emphasizing that the wages are clearly insufficient.
