过两年她红得 你想请都请不起 好好好 好
“In a couple of years, she'll be so famous you won't be able to afford her. Okay, okay.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“isn't she much less famous? Stop arguing. Listen to me on this.”
过两年她红得 你 想请都请不起 好好好 好
“In a couple of years, she'll be so famous you won't be able to afford her. Okay, okay.”
知道了
“I got it.”
“Trust my judgment and stop questioning me; she is going to be huge.”
In Chinese business and talent management, having the foresight to spot an unpolished gem before they become unaffordable is considered a supreme professional virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot afford to hire even if one wants to
A vivid potential complement pattern '想V都V不起' expressing an extreme degree of financial impossibility.
in a couple of years
Common conversational phrase used to project future outcomes or predictions.
Structural particle introducing an extreme result or degree clause expressing rapid rise to fame.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'd had enough of you two years ago. You know.”
“give me 2 more years. Just 2 years.”
“So I hope you can wait for me for two years.”
“I was released, then I bought it.”
“If you still haven't changed your ways in 2 years,”
“Ten years have passed, yet you've barely grown.”