少说能挣五十两银子呢
“can easily earn at least 50 taels of silver.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就拿我田家墨坊来算 这一日里生产的苏合油墨
“Take our Tian Ink Workshop as an example. The Styrax resin ink produced in one day”
少说 能挣五十两银子呢
“can easily earn at least 50 taels of silver.”
“What a joke. We earn an honest 20 percent profit”
“That is a huge amount of money we are talking about every single day.”
In imperial China, silver measured in 'taels' (liang) was the standard currency for substantial commercial transactions; fifty taels a day represented immense wealth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to put it mildly; at conservative estimate; at least
Placed before a verb or a number to indicate that the stated amount is the absolute minimum.
Used at the end of a statement with numbers to emphasize that the quantity or degree is remarkably large.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tell us your conditions. How much money do you want?”
“please give me some money. By the way,”
“it's worth at least 100 taels of silver.”
“is worth at least 50 taels.”