你花几两银子就把我给卖了
“that you'd sell me out just for a few taels of silver?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她给了你什么好处啊
“What kind of reward did she offer”
你花几两银子就把我给 卖了
“that you'd sell me out just for a few taels of silver?”
“How could I possibly sell you out for just a few taels?”
“How dare you betray me so cheaply! You owe me an explanation.”
The phrase 'selling someone' is a pervasive metaphor in Chinese banter for getting a friend into trouble or revealing their secrets for small personal perks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sold me out; betrayed me
Colloquial idiom used playfully or seriously to indicate betrayal or putting someone in an awkward spot.
a few taels of silver (a trivial amount of money)
Often used in historical or dramatic contexts to emphasize how cheap or insignificant an amount was.
Marks completed action and reinforces the sense of a fait accompli that sparks dramatic protest.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How could I possibly sell you out for just a few taels?”
“can sell for so much money?”
“how much money must they have cost?”
“I'll give you the amount in silver!”
“paid 10 taels of silver for me.”
“You paid a fortune to buy me.”