你们家是做大生意的 我赚的这仨瓜俩枣
“Your family runs a big business. The little money I make”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
五万 八万 十万
“to 50,000, 80,000, and even 100,000.”
你们家是 做大 生意的 我赚的这 仨瓜俩枣
“Your family runs a big business. The little money I make”
“certainly isn't impressive to you, but you don't have to look down on me, right?”
“I know I don't earn much compared to your rich family, but that doesn't give you the right to look down on me.”
Disparities in household wealth often cause deep friction and defensiveness in Chinese relationships, where pride and financial adequacy are closely scrutinized.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do big business / be very wealthy in commerce
Often used to describe wealthy commercial families, sometimes with a tinge of irony or contrast.
a mere pittance / chicken feed / negligible amount
A vivid northern idiom literally meaning 'three melons and two dates', used humorously or defensively to describe trivial sums of money.
