给钱都不敢要
“They wouldn't take the money for it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“everyone knows this house is cursed.”
给钱都不敢要
“They wouldn't take the money for it.”
这房子你也敢买呀
“How come you bought it?”
“You could pay me a fortune and I still wouldn't touch that cursed place.”
In Chinese culture, a house where unnatural or violent deaths occurred ('xiongzhai') carries strong bad luck and taboo, significantly depressing market value and repelling superstitious buyers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
would not dare take it even if paid
An emphatic spoken idiom used to describe something so undesirable or ominous that no financial incentive would suffice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You said so much just because you didn't want to pay, right?”
“You have no intention of paying even a penny,”
“let alone spend it.”
“Needing money is no excuse for doing what you did.”
“I can't take this money.”
“If you get rich, will you still want me?”