那住哪儿啊 我没住
“Where do you live? Nowhere.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Then...”
那 住哪儿 啊 我 没住
“Where do you live? Nowhere.”
“Your sister found a hotel for 10 yuan a night. It's too expensive.”
“I was too frugal to waste money on a place to sleep.”
Older generation or rural Chinese migrants often endure severe physical discomfort, such as roughing it overnight, to save every penny for their family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Where else could one stay?
A rhetorical or direct spoken reaction when lodging choices are questioned.
Adds a slightly exasperated or conversational tone to the rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then where should we go?”
“Where will we live? What do we do? - Ms. Liu. - I'll check it out.”
“No dorms? Where do people live?”