How to say "写字不能当饭吃" (xiě zì bù néng dāng fàn chī) in Chinese dialogue

xiě写zì字bù不néng能dāng当fàn饭chī吃

writing doesn't pay the bills.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
bù不
néng能
dāng当
fàn饭
chī吃
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0123:36
nǐ你
gēn跟
rén人
jiā家
shuō说

“you tell him,”

LINE 0223:37
PLAYING SCENE
xiě写
zì字
bù不
néng能
dāng当
fàn饭
chī吃

“writing doesn't pay the bills.”

LINE 0323:39
bǎ把
rén人
jiā家
jù剧
běn本
yě也
sī撕
le了

“You even tore up his script.”

Show Information
Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E4
Timestamp23:37
TMDB ID291470 →