足足花了五百多万
“worth over 5 million.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这次给我买假收藏品
“And the fake collection he bought me,”
足足花了 五百多万
“worth over 5 million.”
估计是他之前骗来的所有积蓄
“It's probably all his life savings.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Spoken Chinese calculates large figures in units of ten thousand (万, wàn), making 'five hundred wàn' equate to five million in the Western decimal system.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fully / as much as / a solid
An adverb placed before numbers or quantities to emphasize an unexpectedly large amount or duration.
over five million
Demonstrates the Chinese base unit of ten thousand (万), where 500 万 equals 5,000,000.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard it's over ten million. Over ten million?”
“And it's in cash. 500,000. Not a penny more, not a penny less.”
“to raise Ziqiu these years, right?”
“can be paid off with just 200,000 yuan.”
“tens of thousands of yuan. Why do you need that money?”
“and it ended up being hundreds of thousands.”