What Does "他也就勉强过日子" (tā yě jiù miǎn qiǎng guò rì zi) Mean?

tā他yě也jiù就miǎn勉qiǎng强guò过rì日zi子

he can barely scrape by.

HSK Vocabulary

他H1 也H1 就H2 勉强H6

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E8

Clip Timestamp

30:41

TMDB ID

261676

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	看着那些医药代表都挣了很多钱	kàn zhe nà xiē yī yào dài biǎo dōu zhēng le hěn duō qián	Seeing all those pharmaceutical reps making big money,
2▶	他也就勉强过日子	tā yě jiù miǎn qiǎng guò rì zi	he can barely scrape by.
3	可是就苦了晓乐了	kě shì jiù kǔ le xiǎo lè le	But poor Xiaole suffered,

More Clips From Episode

Total 185 clips (Page 6 of 10)

HSK 3

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应该是跟那个白月光什么的

yīng gāi shì gēn nà ge bái yuè guāng shén me deProbably with his unrequited love.

但是具体怎么回事我不知道我只是偶尔听到

HSK 5

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但是具体怎么回事我不知道我只是偶尔听到

dàn shì jù tǐ zěn me huí shì wǒ bù zhī dào wǒ zhǐ shì ǒu ěr tīng dàoBut I don't know the details. I just overheard them chatting on WeChat.

他们两个聊微信了那去哪儿你知道吗

HSK 3

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他们两个聊微信了那去哪儿你知道吗

tā men liǎng gè liáo wēi xìn le nà qù nǎ ér nǐ zhī dào maI just overheard them chatting on WeChat. Do you know where they're going?

HSK 2

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你去不去不去我自己去

nǐ qù bù qù bù qù wǒ zì jǐ qùComing or not? If not, I'll go alone.

HSK 2

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你知道为什么在这儿坐着吗

nǐ zhī dào wèi shén me zài zhè ér zuò zhe maDo you know why you're here?

HSK 4

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你们肯定会找到我的

nǐ men kěn dìng huì zhǎo dào wǒ deYou would definitely find me.

HSK 3

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对王晓乐都干了什么

duì wáng xiǎo lè dū gàn le shén meWhat did you do to Wang Xiaole?

HSK 7

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你们管那叫偷窥

nǐ men guǎn nà jiào tōu kuīYou call that peeping.

HSK 7

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那为什么要偷窥王晓乐

nà wèi shén me yào tōu kuī wáng xiǎo lèSo why were you peeping at Wang Xiaole?

这小谦谦捯饬起来还挺人模狗样的

HSK 3

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这小谦谦捯饬起来还挺人模狗样的

zhè xiǎo qiān qiān dáo chì qǐ lái hái tǐng rén mú gǒu yàng deLittle Qian looks quite decent now.

HSK 6

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他怎么不干脆化个妆呀他

tā zěn me bù gàn cuì huà gè zhuāng ya tāWhy doesn't he just put on makeup?

HSK 6

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这跟化妆也差不多了吧

zhè gēn huà zhuāng yě chà bu duō le baThis is almost like wearing makeup.

HSK 4

0:03s

行再说了我俩确实不合适

xíng zài shuō le wǒ liǎ què shí bù hé shìOkay. Besides, we don't suit.

HSK 4

0:03s

而且你还是个干警察的

ér qiě nǐ hái shì gè gàn jǐng chá deAnd you're a policeman.

HSK 4

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那我要是不干警察呢有机会吗

nà wǒ yào shì bù gàn jǐng chá ne yǒu jī huì maIf I weren't a policeman, would I have a chance?

HSK 6

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我开个玩笑你别这么惊讶

wǒ kāi gè wán xiào nǐ bié zhè me jīng yàI'm joking. Don't be so shocked.

HSK 4

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这个事我之前跟小谦谦聊过

zhè ge shì wǒ zhī qián gēn xiǎo qiān qiān liáo guòI talked about this with Little Qian before.

HSK 4

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一直希望我找一个轻松点的工作

yì zhí xī wàng wǒ zhǎo yí gè qīng sōng diǎn de gōng zuòalways hoped I'd find an easier job.

HSK 5

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还没有固定的假期

hái méi yǒu gù dìng de jià qīwith no fixed holidays

HSK 5

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没钱你看我穷的

méi qián nǐ kàn wǒ qióng deor high pay. Just look how broke I am.