而且 我不好养活
“And I'm not easy to support.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
反正很多钱
“A lot, anyway.”
而且 我 不好养活
“And I'm not easy to support.”
你现在连个宅子都没有 以后 你让我跟你去住哪啊
“You don't even have a house right now. In the future, where will I live with you?”
“You need to show me real stability, because I have high standards and won't settle for roughing it.”
In Chinese culture, marriage traditionally requires a stable residence and material foundation; discussing maintenance is an accepted, pragmatic test of a suitor's capability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard to maintain / high-maintenance to support financially
Used playfully or self-deprecatingly to describe high living standards or demanding material needs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then, I'm giving up as well. I can't support you at all.”
“It's good enough that I can support myself.”
“But I'm only looking after it temporarily.”
“I'm not like that. If I take care of one side, I can't handle the other.”
“Otherwise, how will you afford to keep me?”
“So, supporting himself basically isn't a problem.”