可谓一毛钱关系都没有
“are totally two different things.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爱情和公平之间
“Love and fairness”
可谓 一毛钱关系都没有
“are totally two different things.”
这样的抱怨
“Complaints like this”
“Expecting fairness in love is completely delusional—the two simply have nothing to do with each other.”
The colloquial term for 'yi jiao', a fractional currency unit of the Chinese RMB equivalent to ten cents. Due to its minimal monetary value, in contemporary colloquial Chinese it is often used as a metaphor for something utterly insignificant to reinforce an absolute negation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having absolutely nothing to do with; completely unrelated
A very frequent colloquial hyperbolic expression where 'yi mao qian' serves as a minimal measure. Commonly used in the pattern 'gen/yu... yi mao qian guan xi dou mei you' to express absolute negation.
can be described as; can fairly be said to be
A formal or literary adverb often used for summarizing or providing a definitive assessment. Using it in spoken language strengthens the persuasiveness of an assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to do with me.”
“has nothing to do with it.”
“It will have absolutely nothing to do with you.”
“with the underground bank.”
“It had absolutely nothing to do with me.”