钱不都是左手进右手出 钱还给我
“Money comes in one hand, goes out the other. Give me my money back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You've been taking all the profits. What's wrong with sharing the risk with the brothers?”
钱 不都是 左手进右手出 钱还给我
“Money comes in one hand, goes out the other. Give me my money back.”
“I didn't keep any profit from this, so give me back my share right now!”
Expressing that money merely passed through one's hands is a common rhetorical strategy in Chinese business disputes to deflect financial blame and avoid bearing losses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in one hand and out the other; money spent as fast as it is made
A vivid idiom used to complain about high cash flow where no actual savings or profit remain.
give back to me
A direct imperative used to demand the return of items or money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll pay you back as soon as I make money.”
“(Who knows where the money went?) (They should've paid me. I'd do a better job than them.)”
“Once I get the money back, I'll pay.”
“- Give me the money! - Pay up!”
“Once you walk in there with the cash, there's no turning back.”
“I never take back money I've paid.”