但是比起家庭有钱 他还是差得远了
“he's no match for a wealthy family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凌霄哥做医生 以后也会很有钱
“will be very rich as a dentist in the future,”
但是比起家庭 有钱 他还是 差得远了
“he's no match for a wealthy family.”
可是凌霄很帅啊 帅又不能当饭吃啊
“But Ling Xiao looks handsome. He can't charm his way through life.”
“Don't kid yourself; earned salary as a doctor is nothing compared to true family fortune.”
In contemporary Chinese marriage considerations, personal professional potential is often scrutinized against inherited generational capital (富二代 vs. middle-class professionals).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
falls far short; nowhere near
Used idiomatically in spoken Chinese to stress a significant gap between two things.
compared with...
Common comparative marker used to introduce the standard of comparison.
Emphasizes the decisive degree of disparity.