也没说给我工钱啊
“But you never said you'd pay me wages.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“But you never said you'd pay me wages.”
也没说 给我 工钱 啊
“But you never said you'd pay me wages.”
你们要去哪
“Where are you going?”
“Why should I bother doing this for you when I'm not even getting paid?”
Bringing up money or wages is a common informal defense mechanism to set boundaries against being exploited by peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nor did anyone mention / nobody even said
Common spoken pattern used to raise an unfulfilled condition or overlooked detail in a complaining tone.
wages / pay for labor
Colloquial term for pay or monetary compensation for physical or routine work.
Softens the complaint while emphasizing the speaker's mild grievance or rhetorical objection.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Listen, - you must pay them on time. - Yes.”
“She will even work for free.”
“Your place can’t even pay salaries.”
“I've only worked half a month. Haven't even gotten paid yet.”
“But I can't get paid for doing nothing.”
“you could ask Ye Feng. He draws a salary and has no real burdens.”
“or I'll dock your pay.”
“And you can't pay the workers' wages?”
“my colleagues just told me that they can skip their salaries this month.”
“hasn't been paid yet, and the workers haven't been paid.”