还差三百多
“Still short by over three hundred.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
走
“Let's go.”
还差 三百多
“Still short by over three hundred.”
“After what Feng Lin pulled today,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Small sums like a few hundred yuan often hold substantial practical weight in working-class Chinese urban narratives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
still lacking; still short of
Used whenever calculating an unmet target, missing amount of money, or lacking quantity.
more than three hundred
Attaching '多' directly after a round number indicates a slight surplus over that figure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're a little short. I'll go borrow some money”
“I haven't raised enough. Still short quite a bit.”
“You think one million yuan is too little, right?”
“Well, so, right now, how much are we still short?”
“tens of thousands of yuan. Why do you need that money?”
“Less than 3,000. Tell me, how long will it take to get enough?”