什么一百万两百万
“As for one million, two million…”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
把肾脏捐给佳佳
“to donate his kidney to Jiajia.”
什么一百万两百万
“As for one million, two million…”
“that was all Cheng Ken's wishful thinking.”
“Don't bring up those figures—that deal means nothing to me.”
Using 'what [amount] or [amount]' is a blunt rhetorical device in spoken Chinese to devalue any validity in the other party's claims or demands.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you mean by ... / forget about ...
A rhetorical device used at the start of a phrase to wave off or refute something previously mentioned.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“isn't whether it's five million more or ten million less.”
“Is that a lot? That's a human life.”
“30 million may sound like a lot,”
“I heard it's over ten million. Over ten million?”
“Five million a year or ten million a year? I don't know.”
“But I heard it's over ten million? Without funds...”