也要花不少钱呢 而且你都没有布票
“but buying new cloth and making one from scratch would cost a lot. And you don't have fabric coupons.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
衣服虽然是旧的 但是如果新买的布重新做的话
“The fabric's old, but buying new cloth and making one from scratch”
也要 花不少钱 呢 而且你都 没有 布票
“but buying new cloth and making one from scratch would cost a lot. And you don't have fabric coupons.”
觉得怎么样
“So?”
“Be practical—it's too expensive and you don't even have the coupons to buy fabric anyway.”
In planned-economy China, purchasing daily necessities like cloth required state-issued coupons (bùpiào) in addition to money, making cloth coupons a vital resource.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cost quite a lot of money
Use this phrase to emphasize that an activity or purchase is noticeably expensive.
moreover; furthermore
Commonly used to introduce an additional compelling reason or condition.
Emphasizes the underlying fact and subtly prompts the listener to heed the mentioned financial reality.
