就是些小本生意
“It's just a small-scale business,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你都看到了
“You saw it.”
就是 些 小本生意
“It's just a small-scale business,”
采采石头
“quarrying some stone.”
“Don't dig too deep, there's nothing remarkable or suspicious going on here.”
In Chinese business culture, claiming to run a 'small business' can be polite humility or a strategic defense to deflect regulatory scrutiny and jealousy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
small-scale business / petty trade
Commonly used either modestly to describe one's humble venture or deliberately to downplay profits and scale.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm only running a small business here.”
“Starting a business might not...”
“How can small businesses like ours keep running?”
“- Workaholic lives. - Here, I got it.”