我还以为多少呢
“That's all you're asking for?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
十万
“A hundred grand.”
我还以为 多少 呢
“That's all you're asking for?”
“No need to wait for royalties. I'll get the cash tomorrow.”
“Is that all? That's pocket change to me; I can sort that out right away.”
Treating a large sum of money as trivial is a common way to display financial strength and gain social prestige (mianzi) among peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
and here I was thinking; I assumed
Use to contrast a prior exaggerated expectation with a modest or manageable reality.
some massive amount
Colloquial rhetorical phrasing used to downplay a number or price as trivial.
Softens the rhetorical tone while expressing a slightly dismissive, lingering attitude toward the perceived small amount.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I thought you found the pay too low.”
“I thought you knew.”
“most of the reason you're selling the car.”
“Right now, we'll take however much we can scrape together.”
“[sighing] And I thought my life was fucked up.”
“I thought you were the one who paid for it.”