余鸣 这叫穷酸命
“Yu Ming, that's called a poor man's mentality.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这叫什么
“What's this called?”
余鸣 这叫 穷酸命
“Yu Ming, that's called a poor man's mentality.”
大学毕业以后
“After graduating from college,”
“No matter what you do, you are just fated to be cheap and broke.”
Invoking 'fate' (命) in Chinese colloquial quarrels is often used fatalistically to diminish another person's agency and cement their inferior status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
destined to be poor and shabby; a life of impoverished misery
A harsh, derogatory expression combining poverty and pretension, used to belittle someone's lifelong socioeconomic standing.
this is what you call...
Used spoken colloquial discourse to define or summarize a situation with emphasis or irony.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yu Ming, you scoundrel!”
“Yu Ming, this is business.”
“You were so protective of him today.”
“Lu Ming, you'd better think carefully.”
“Ming, that's not what I meant. Don't get me wrong.”
“Lu Ming, don't say this now. Listen to me. Don't do anything stupid.”