煮饭十元 炒菜十元 洗衣服五十元
“Cooking rice, 10 yuan. Cooking, 10 yuan. Laundry, 50 yuan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
煮饭 十元 炒菜 十元 洗衣服 五十元
“Cooking rice, 10 yuan. Cooking, 10 yuan. Laundry, 50 yuan.”
一共七十元
“That's 70 yuan total.”
“You don't get my labor for free; pay up for every single thing I did.”
Even among acquaintances or housemates, humorously or strictly itemizing labor and money highlights financial clarity or playful boundary-setting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do laundry / wash clothes
A very common verb-object collocation used for routine household chores.
to cook dishes / stir-fry
Standard daily term referring to preparing warm side dishes, often paired with cooking staple rice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Doing laundry, cooking, even handling his toileting needs, not to mention taking him to the hospital,”
“is wash clothes, cook meals, and sew.”
“washing clothes, and cooking.”