我们杀猪匠赚得可多了
“but we butchers make a lot of money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你可能不知道
“You may not know this,”
我们杀猪匠赚得 可多了
“but we butchers make a lot of money.”
我是说
“I mean,”
“Do not look down on my job; I make good money and can provide well.”
In traditional Chinese perception, butchering was considered a lowly or unrefined trade; asserting substantial income serves to regain dignity and face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
butcher (specifically of pigs)
A colloquial, traditional occupational term referring to a tradesperson specialized in slaughtering pigs.
a whole lot; very much
Use '可 + adjective/verb + 了' in spoken Mandarin to emphatically express an extreme degree.
Functions together with '可' to form an emphatic structure reinforcing the extreme degree.