What Does "连个电瓶车都买不起" (lián gè diàn píng chē dōu mǎi bù qǐ) Mean?

lián连gè个diàn电píng瓶chē车dōu都mǎi买bù不qǐ起

Can't even afford an electric bike?

HSK Vocabulary

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Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E6

Clip Timestamp

20:30

TMDB ID

272432

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	还骑个这么破自行车	hái qí gè zhè me pò zì xíng chē	such a shitty bike in this day and age?
2▶	连个电瓶车都买不起	lián gè diàn píng chē dōu mǎi bù qǐ	Can't even afford an electric bike?
3	这日子过得也太寒酸了	zhè rì zi guò dé yě tài hán suān le	That's such a sad life.

More Clips From Episode

Total 63 clips (Page 3 of 4)

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他永远都骑破自行车

tā yǒng yuǎn dōu qí pò zì xíng chēHe's always riding a shitty bike.

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他也换辆破车

tā yě huàn liàng pò chēhe changes to another shitty bike.

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咱这办法靠谱吗

zán zhè bàn fǎ kào pǔ mawill our plan work?

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上帝为我们关上一扇门

shàng dì wèi wǒ men guān shàng yī shàn ménWhen God closes a door,

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就会为我们打开一扇窗

jiù huì wèi wǒ men dǎ kāi yī shàn chuānghe opens a window.

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说话做事很有分寸

shuō huà zuò shì hěn yǒu fēn cùnknows what to say and do.

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我肯定百分之百保密啊

wǒ kěn dìng bǎi fēn zhī bǎi bǎo mì aI'll 100% keep it a secret.

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各位警官我先回去

gè wèi jǐng guān wǒ xiān huí qùofficers, I'll head back first.

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也该退居二线养养身体了

yě gāi tuì jū èr xiàn yǎng yǎng shēn tǐ leIt's time to step back and take care of our health.

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你不是喜欢搞学问吗

nǐ bú shì xǐ huān gǎo xué wèn maDon't you like doing cultural stuff?

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换个轻松的工作

huàn gè qīng sōng de gōng zuòSwitching to an easier job

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是不是过得也很高兴呢

shì bú shì guò dé yě hěn gāo xìng newould make you happy, right?

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我真还可以再干两年的

wǒ zhēn hái kě yǐ zài gàn liǎng nián deI can really work for another 2 years.

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我一直在为你争取

wǒ yì zhí zài wèi nǐ zhēng qǔI've been fighting for a chance for you.

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这次是终于争取到了

zhè cì shì zhōng yú zhēng qǔ dào leAnd I finally got it this time.

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您这是何苦呢黄局

nín zhè shì hé kǔ ne huáng júWhy bother, Chief Huang?

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我心里就不能没有你

wǒ xīn lǐ jiù bù néng méi yǒu nǐSo I can't not have you in mine.

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站好最后一班岗

zhàn hǎo zuì hòu yī bān gǎngwrap up your work nicely

HSK 2

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我怎么听不见你的笑啊

wǒ zěn me tīng bú jiàn nǐ de xiào aWhy aren't you laughing?

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你们不是为这事来的

nǐ men bú shì wèi zhè shì lái deYou aren't here for this?