可以领普通人三年的薪水吗
“costs as much as an ordinary person earns in 3 years?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一张南安号头等舱的船票
“that a first-class ticket on the Nan'an”
可以领 普通人 三年的薪水吗
“costs as much as an ordinary person earns in 3 years?”
张先生哪儿高就
“What do you do, Mr. Zhang,”
“That ticket is insanely expensive—how could anyone spend that much?”
In Chinese social conversations, measuring luxury expenditures against ordinary monthly or yearly salaries is a common conversational device to highlight extravagance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
average people / ordinary citizens
Standard phrase to contrast regular everyday people with the wealthy or elite.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical or verifying question indicating disbelief.