这个月亏了有 小一万块钱呢
“we're nearly 10,000 yuan in the red this month.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这大大小小地算下来
“After all expenses,”
这个 月 亏了 有 小一万 块 钱呢
“we're nearly 10,000 yuan in the red this month.”
这么多
“That much?”
“We are bleeding money and something has to change.”
Chinese speakers frequently use prefixes like '小' (slightly less than) or '大' (slightly more than) before round numbers to give vivid, approximate evaluations of financial scale.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nearly ten thousand (slightly less than 10,000)
Prefixing '小' before a rounded number conveys an amount just shy of that benchmark.
suffered a loss / lost money
A standard spoken term used in business or investments when reporting net deficits.
Emphasizes the surprisingly high figure and draws the listener's attention to the seriousness of the loss.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've suffered a significant loss.”
“I didn't make much money at all. What about next month? What about the mortgage?”
“You only make a few coins a month. Is it enough to deduct? Besides,”
“I don't know what to do with this month's living expenses.”
“Quite expensive. Worth almost a month's salary.”
“Just 4,000 a month. So why are you here?”