这也挺消耗的对吧 成本都挺高的 那不行
“It's exhausting and costly. No way.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Why don't you two just remarry? Stop going back and forth.”
这也 挺消耗的 对吧 成本都挺高的 那不行
“It's exhausting and costly. No way.”
“He's still on probation. Right? Yes.”
“Playing this back-and-forth game is exhausting both of us; we need to make a real commitment.”
Contemporary Chinese relationship discourse frequently uses economic metaphors like 'cost' (成本) and 'consumption' (消耗) to evaluate whether a romantic bond is worth sustaining.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
quite draining / exhausting
Refers colloquially to situations or relationships that sap one's mental and emotional energy.
the costs/stakes are very high
Borrowed from economics to describe the heavy emotional, temporal, or financial price of an uncertain situation.
Softens the assertion and invites confirmation or consensus from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That is too high a cost, isn't it?”
“The cost would be huge.”
“the price is too high?”
“The budget is too high, and the financial pressure is immense.”
“Or it'd be too expensive. If business doesn't go well,”
“And, the budget isn't enough. Stop talking about the budget.”