我一个月才二两月例 光买胭脂头油都不够
“I only get two taels a month. Barely enough for face powder and hair oil.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
多少我也没有啊
“I don't have any.”
我 一个月 才二两月例 光买胭脂头油都 不够
“I only get two taels a month. Barely enough for face powder and hair oil.”
你借钱要做什么
“What do you need the money for?”
“I barely have enough money for myself, so stop asking me to lend you anything.”
In wealthy traditional Chinese households, unmarried daughters and sons received fixed monthly allowances (yueli) from the central family treasury.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
monthly allowance or stipend in a traditional household
A historical term specifically referring to household stipends given to family members or servants.
not even enough just for ...
A very common pattern to emphasize financial strain or inadequacy of resources.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Twenty taels isn't a lot?”
“How much do you think I should pay you a month?”
“One month it is. I'll post it now.”
“half a month earlier, a patch of the woods might be protected.”
“Sis, are your hormones acting up lately because of your age?”
“It took you a whole month to recall that?”