都已经够不容易的了 你就更别说出国了是吧
“finding a job and making a living is hard enough. Going abroad is even harder, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看像在庆州这样的地方 找个工作生活
“Well, in a place like Qingzhou, finding a job and making a living is hard enough.”
都 已经 够不容易的 了 你就 更别说 出国 了 是吧
“finding a job and making a living is hard enough. Going abroad is even harder, right?”
“I don't want him to suffer more for me.”
“Be realistic; we can barely handle life here, so going abroad is out of the question.”
Young adults in China often balance lofty ambitions like studying abroad against heavy financial and familial realities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let alone; not to mention
Used to introduce an even more extreme or improbable scenario after mentioning a difficult one.
difficult enough; already quite hard
A colloquial way to emphasize that a situation has reached a high level of hardship.
Marks an existing state that has reached an excessive or sufficient degree.
Softens the assertion and invites confirmation from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But once you go abroad,”
“Wouldn't it have been better if we had left the country?”
“I just need to finish the paperwork.”
“I'm not ready to go abroad.”
“Do you have plans to study abroad? My family can't afford it.”
“not easy.”