你爸退了以后 工资降了不少了
“After your dad retired, his pay dropped a lot.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
张阿姨呢
“Where's Ms. Zhang?”
你爸 退了 以后 工资降了不少 了
“After your dad retired, his pay dropped a lot.”
看病又花了好多钱呢 我手脚能行 不用阿姨了
“And we had huge medical bills. I can handle things myself. No need for helpers.”
“We have to cut down on expenses, so we let Auntie Zhang go to save money.”
Older Chinese parents often downplay their physical needs and practice strict frugality after retirement to avoid becoming a financial burden on their adult children.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after retiring
A colloquial shorthand where the single verb is used instead of the full two-syllable word for retirement in casual family conversations.
dropped quite a bit / decreased significantly
Useful for describing a noticeable decrease in salary, temperature, or prices.
Sentence-final particle indicating a new situation or change of state that is now the current reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Regarding your father's unpaid wages, I will process them as soon as possible.”
“Your dad already backed down.”
“So my dad had to quit his job...”
“Look at me, a while ago work wasn't going well for me.”
“After your dad passed away, you only thought about leaving.”
“How is your dad doing?”