拿啥还 还不上 不还
“How am I going to pay him back?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说我欠他十几万呢
“I owe him 100,000 now.”
拿啥还 还不上 不还
“How am I going to pay him back?”
他放高利贷 违法 你可以报警啊
“Loan-sharking is illegal. You should call the police.”
“I have no money anyway, so I might as well completely refuse to pay.”
When an individual feels trapped by insurmountable financial extortion, they often resort to total defiance because they have nothing left to lose.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pay back with what?
A blunt rhetorical question in spoken Chinese indicating that one has zero financial means to pay.
unable to repay
A potential complement indicating the practical inability to clear a debt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- Pay up! - Pay up now! Pay up!”
“- Pay up now! Pay up! - Pay up now!”
“- Pay up now! - Pay up! - Pay up! - Pay up!”
“Do you think money grows on trees?”
“What do I even have to repay it with?”
“How will you pay it back? You'll spend your mom's money.”