开公司 买房
“opening a company, and buying a house,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
建设出国
“Jianshe going abroad,”
开公司 买房
“opening a company, and buying a house,”
老人生病
“and the elderly getting sick,”
“Look at all these massive expenses we have to deal with.”
Starting a business, buying property, and supporting elderly family members are major traditional benchmarks that impose heavy collective financial pressure on Chinese families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
start a company / establish a business
A common verb-object collocation used when discussing entrepreneurship.
buy a house / purchase property
A central milestone and frequent topic of conversation in modern Chinese domestic life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Easier said than done. I'm investing real money.”
“We are just doing business.”
“So here's the thing. I'm about to start a real estate company—”
“We're open for business.”
“(Zhen Guan) Opened a company right after returning.”
“Go on. I'm very interested in your idea.”