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Expression Profile · jie-bu-kai-guo
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揭不开锅

jiē bù kāi guō
📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom
Grammar Pattern: 📐 都...了 →

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自己家都揭不开锅了
00:02
自己家都 揭不开锅 了

(但他也就是一拿死工资的) ── Previous context

“His own family can barely put food on the table.”

《开庭》 · 01:47
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自己家都揭不开锅了
00:02
自己家都 揭不开锅 了

(但他也就是一拿死工资的) ── Previous context

“He doesn't even have enough to support his own family.”

《开庭》 · 42:44
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