已经烧了四千两了 还不够啊
“You've already burnt a fortune! Don't make a scene!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别闹了
“Enough!”
已经 烧了 四千两了 还不够 啊
“You've already burnt a fortune! Don't make a scene!”
姑娘
“My lady...”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical China, silver taels were the primary high-value currency; thousands of taels represented a massive, often ruinous fortune for typical households.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
burned up; squandered recklessly
Used metaphorically or literally to describe losing enormous sums of money rapidly with no return.
still not enough
Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize excess, greed, or ongoing unreasonable demands.
Marks the completion of an action, emphasizing the shocking cumulative extent of money wasted.
Infuses the rhetorical question with deep exasperation and emotional urgency.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It burned for so long.”
“How is it possible to have a fever that high?”
“I burned it.”
“The wax up there would burn out in about half one hour.”
“It's burned. All of it.”
“it should be almost burned out.”