Ｂ花在Ｃ (UTF-8)

English translation: spend on it

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Chinese term or phrase:	花在那裡
English translation:	spend on it
Entered by:	Roddy Stegemann

10:41 Jan 26, 2004

Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / 中文文法

Chinese term or phrase: Ｂ花在Ｃ (UTF-8)

The below sentence provides several important grammatical challenges that I will render in three separate questions

我的房租貴得很，每月的錢大半花在那裡。

Question 3: Is the phrase 在那裡 best thought of in this context as a verb or prepositional phrase?

I have translated the entire sentence to read: "My rent is very expensive; it costs more than half my monthly income to live there".

Roddy Stegemann KudoZ activity Questions: 666 (4 open) (6 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 1221 United States
Local time: 18:52

B is spent on it

Explanation:
在那裡 here refers to the "rent" itself. It means over half of the income is allocated to that cost.

Substitue with another item may make its meaning become clearer.
我的保險貴得很, 每月的錢大半花在那裡。
Insurance is very expensive, over half of my monthly income is spent ON IT.

Selected response from:

Kvasir
Canada
Local time: 19:52

Grading comment

Thanks Kvasir. I was obviously hitting in the wrong court.
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B is spent on it

Kvasir

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B is spent on it

Kvasir
Canada
Local time: 19:52
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Thanks Kvasir. I was obviously hitting in the wrong court.

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