都不是他自己凭本事自个儿买的
“Actually, he didn't buy that second-hand apartment himself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实他那二手房
“Actually, he didn't buy that second-hand apartment himself.”
都 不是 他 自己 凭本事 自个儿 买的
“Actually, he didn't buy that second-hand apartment himself.”
是这儿吗
“(Wedding of Wu Da and Wang Xiaole) Is this the place?”
“Don't be fooled into thinking he achieved this on his own merit; someone else funded it.”
In contemporary urban China, soaring housing prices often necessitate parental funding (known colloquially as using 'six wallets'), which can provoke gossip about whether a homeowner truly succeeded on their own merit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by one's own capability or merit
A common colloquial phrase used to emphasize that an achievement is earned fairly rather than through connections or luck.
oneself / on one's own
A colloquial northern Chinese variant of 自己, imparting an informal and lively tone.
Part of the 是...的 structure, reinforcing certainty and emphasizing the manner or condition of the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't you earn that yourself?”
“Did I get it through my own hard work or not?”
“make it myself.”
“and his shop might be rented.”
“A gift from a friend. I didn't buy it.”