我还以为钱是你们出的呢
“I thought you paid for it yourselves.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我听说以前争论得很激烈
“I heard you argued fiercely about it before.”
我还以为 钱 是你 们出 的 呢
“I thought you paid for it yourselves.”
“So in the end, it all came out of Dad's money.”
“You pretended to be generous, but we ended up paying for it ourselves.”
Critiques of insincere favors resonate strongly in Chinese culture, where claiming credit without actual personal sacrifice is seen as deceitful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I had thought that; I was under the impression that
A vital marker used when a prior presumption turns out to be wrong, often tinged with irony or surprise.
the money was paid by you
A common spoken frame (是...出的) identifying who covers an expense or bill.
Softens the mild accusation while emphasizing the gap between expectation and reality.
