我是不想让你乱花钱
“I just didn't want you to waste money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我上哪儿给你找车去
“There are none now. I can't get you one.”
我是 不想让 你 乱花钱
“I just didn't want you to waste money.”
那不是你的车 那是你妈的车
“That's not your money, but your mom's.”
“Don't get mad at me; I'm only trying to save you money.”
Invoking the prevention of 'reckless spending' is a socially unassailable moral defense in Chinese families to veto expenditures or explain unhelpful behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spend money recklessly / to waste money
A frequent household phrase used to criticize unnecessary spending or advise thriftiness.
It's just that I didn't want to...
Used as an explanatory frame to justify an action and avert blame.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't want it. You're wasting money again.”
“You always said to spend money wisely,”
“It is not that he refuses to give you money.”
“I seldom spend money.”
“More importantly, I can't let your money go to waste.”
“to spare me unnecessary”