我们现在就剩这点钱了
“This is all the money we have on us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而今小姐又生了病
“Now, the lady of our house is sick.”
我们现在 就剩这点钱了
“This is all the money we have on us.”
想跟您讨口饭吃
“Could you kindly give us some food?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional contexts, explicitly showing the bottom of one's finances is an act of total vulnerability meant to justify begging without losing moral dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only have this little money left
A natural everyday collocation to express severe shortage of financial resources.
Marks a change of state, highlighting the critical shift from having funds to being nearly penniless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sir, it's just us now.”
“Let's take whatever money is left and find a better place, okay?”
“Now, there's only two of us here.”
“this is all the cash I have today.”
“We have no evidence linking Wang Dazhu to the 6.10 case.”