人家家里是挖煤的
“Her family does coal business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“A girl whose family is extraordinarily rich fell in love with him.”
人家 家里是 挖煤的
“Her family does coal business.”
“So, he followed her family to make money through doing business.”
“Her family isn't just rich; they are insanely wealthy coal bosses.”
In modern Chinese slang, being involved in coal mining immediately connotes immense, ostentatious wealth associated with the mining boom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the family is in coal mining; filthy rich coal barons
A colloquial idiom in China symbolizing extreme, sudden wealth associated with coal mine owners.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But even as a layman in the coal mining industry,”
“I just caused a scene at the coal mine,”
“If there were no coal mines, the economy wouldn't be this good.”
“For the coal bosses to make money. Yes. The coal bosses do make money.”
“Especially regarding those small mine owners. Pay them what's owed as soon as possible”
“I've traded the family pasture for shares in the coal mine.”