你赚过钱吗 你赚过吗
“Have you ever made any money? Have you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
赚钱不需要时间 我没努力吗我
“Making money takes time. Haven't I tried?”
你 赚过钱吗 你赚过吗
“Have you ever made any money? Have you?”
“Aren't I the one managing everything in this household?”
“You contribute nothing financially, so you have no right to lecture me.”
In contemporary Chinese domestic debates, economic contribution is frequently weaponized to determine who holds authority and moral high ground in household decisions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to earn money / make money
Standard high-frequency spoken term for earning a livelihood or generating income.
Forms a rhetorical question that carries strong accusatory force rather than seeking a real answer.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't save a penny of the money you earn.”
“and lose money, right?”
“and I need the money. Don't you have more than a million yuan in your bank account?”
“and you wouldn't have made so much money, right? Do you really think I care about that?”
“Don't you think earning money like that is disgraceful?”
“in Beijing.”