二百五 你这骂人呢吗 我还买你一电饭锅呢
“Are you calling me an idiot? I'm also buying your rice cooker.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
二百五
“Two fifty.”
二百五 你这 骂人 呢 吗 我 还 买你一电饭锅 呢
“Are you calling me an idiot? I'm also buying your rice cooker.”
再给加点 稍加点 二百五都嫌贵了
“Just a bit more. That's already too much.”
“Don't insult me with that taboo number, give me a decent price since I'm already buying something else!”
In Chinese culture, the number 250 (二百五) is synonymous with being a fool or half-witted, so people often avoid pricing items or giving quantities as 250.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fool; idiot; simpleton
A widely used colloquial insult based on currency history; avoid using it as a price or to describe someone unless joking.
to swear; to insult someone
Use when calling out someone for using abusive or offensive language.
Marks an ongoing action and adds an accusatory, rhetorical tone.
Turns the statement into a direct rhetorical question.
