能算得了什么 尽说胡话
“would be nothing. You're dreaming.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我若能趁机 搞到十方客栈 她要的那几两银子
“If I can take this opportunity to get my hands on the Shifang Inns, those few taels of silver she wants”
能 算得了什么 尽 说胡话
“would be nothing. You're dreaming.”
“The Shifang Inns are Pang Fuliang's bread and butter.”
“That small change would be nothing, wait—stop dreaming! You have no chance of getting that inn.”
In traditional China, a 'kezhan' (inn/tavern) was a lucrative commercial hub for travelers and merchants, often representing the owner's entire livelihood ('minggenzi' or lifeblood).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to count for anything / to be a big deal (usually used in rhetorical questions to mean 'it's nothing')
Use this rhetorical phrase to belittle a problem, cost, or difficulty as insignificant.
always talking nonsense / spouting rubbish
Use casually among friends or family to scold someone for making unrealistic or foolish remarks.
Read as 'liao' after 'de' (得了), it serves as a potential complement marker indicating capability or possibility, rather than a sentence-final modal particle.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“even count for? Let's not lose heart.”
“You said it. No backing out later.”
“I know your profits.”
“What's the worst that could happen?”
“Can you even do the math? It's 135.”
“Will this even cover your cost?”