我要有银子我用你叫啊
“If I had money, would I need you to call me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那您歇着啊
“Then take care.”
我要有银子我用你叫啊
“If I had money, would I need you to call me?”
这个节骨眼儿了
“At a moment like this,”
“Stop nagging me; if I actually had the money, I would have paid already!”
In northern vernacular Chinese, speakers often mask embarrassment about financial destitution with biting, rhetorical sarcasm.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
need you to tell/call me
A blunt rhetorical pattern used to reject unwanted advice or reminders, implying 'none of your business'.
Enhances the rhetorical force and expresses exasperation.