一个月七七八八也能凑合挣点
“I can scrape together a bit of income each month.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他就把手里的活都介绍给了我
“so he's passed some of his work over to me.”
一个月 七七八八 也能 凑合 挣点
“I can scrape together a bit of income each month.”
我看你的气色 可比在厂里那会好多了
“You look better than when you were at the factory.”
“It is not a fortune, but it covers the bills.”
Chinese conversational norms favor downplaying one's personal income with humble terms like '凑合' (just getting by) to avoid sounding boastful or inviting envy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all kinds of miscellaneous things / bits and pieces
A colloquial idiom used to lump together miscellaneous costs, earnings, or tasks that add up.
to make do / passable / reasonably adequate
Widely used to describe living conditions or results that are not ideal but acceptable enough.
