谁说我缺钱 我不缺钱
“Who told you I'm short of money? I'm not.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不是缺钱吗
“Aren't you short of money?”
谁说 我 缺钱 我 不缺钱
“Who told you I'm short of money? I'm not.”
你看看
“Look.”
“Do not look down on me; I refuse your pity and I have enough dignity to survive on my own.”
Admitting to being broke is deeply humiliating in Chinese social psychology, leading many to vigorously deny financial distress to preserve face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be short of money
A standard spoken phrase describing financial distress or lack of funds.
who says / who said that
Used rhetorically at the start of a rebuttal to flatly reject an assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who said we didn't save any money?”
“Do I look like someone short on cash? Ma Fu.”
“I don't need your money! Tell me. To you, is my son”
“I don't have that money. Who says we don't have money?”