你哪有钱治他呀
“Where will you get the extra money for his medicine?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还吃着药呢
“and is still taking medicine.”
你 哪有 钱治他呀
“Where will you get the extra money for his medicine?”
这后生家里
“Does that young man”
“Be realistic, you are completely broke and cannot afford to take care of him.”
In economically strained households, taking on an outsider's medical expenses is seen as irrational behavior that endangers the survival of the entire family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could [someone] have money; have no money whatsoever
A rhetorical phrase commonly used to flatly deny financial capability.
this young fellow
Dialectal or regional northern spoken term referring to a young lad.
Softens the rhetorical question into a tone of dismay and pragmatic pleading.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Where did you get so much money? I earned it myself!”
“Where would you get that much money?”
“Where would I get the money?”
“I really don't have the money right now.”
“Where did you get so much money?”
“I don't have that kind of money.”