差不多两根小黄鱼吧 你们自己想办法
“costs about two small yellow croakers. You have to figure it out yourselves.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
接下来啊 就要靠你们到黑市上去买了 一个疗程
“Next, you will have to buy it on the black market. One course of treatment”
差不多 两根 小黄鱼 吧 你们 自己想 办法
“costs about two small yellow croakers. You have to figure it out yourselves.”
这个情况我得告诉你们 行 明白了 大夫
“I must inform you of this situation. Okay. Understood, doctor.”
“It will cost you two gold bars, and don't expect me to take any risks helping you get it.”
In wartime China, hyperinflation rendered paper currency useless, making gold ingots ('yellow fish') the primary currency for survival goods and black-market medicine.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
small gold bar (slang)
A historical colloquialism from the Republican era referring to standard 1-ounce gold bars used as stable currency.
figure out a way / come up with a solution
Commonly used to instruct someone to resolve a difficult dilemma independently through whatever means necessary.
Softens the estimation, indicating that the quoted price is an educated guess rather than a fixed sum.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll give you five gold bars for it. It's not for sale. If you won't sell it, I'll just keep following you.”
“to eat. The yellow croaker here is all wild-caught.”