那啥钱都赚嘞
“Why do you have to make money on everything?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
能挣两个
“you could make a couple hundred.”
那 啥钱都赚 嘞
“Why do you have to make money on everything?”
“Young people should enjoy themselves.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary Chinese society, acknowledging that people find any angle to make a living reflects both an admiration for grassroots resourcefulness and an awareness of economic pressures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
making money out of anything; pursuing any profit opportunity
A colloquial way to describe someone or people in general earning through unexpected, diverse, or scrap-level means.
A dialectal or colloquial sentence-final particle softening the statement and adding an earthy, conversational flavor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“in Beijing.”
“How the money's made, how it should be split—”
“Where did you get so much money? I earned it myself!”
“What kind of stuff can make money?”
“We'll make a fortune.”
“Who wouldn't do something profitable?”