Broadcast dates: August 13, 16
Host: Huang Shih-han

Conversation

A: 哇，你的新跑車好炫喔！
wa0 ni3de0 xin1pao3che1 hao3xüan4 o0
(Literally: Wow, your new running car very cool.)
Wow, your new sports car is really cool.

你發財啦？ ni3 fa1cai2 la0
(Literally: You generated fortune?)
Did you strike a fortune?

B: 最近股票有分紅啦，
zui4jin4 gu3piao4 you3 fen1hong2 la0
(Literally: Recently stocks have share red.)
[I got] dividends from some stocks recently.

所以小賺了一筆。 so3yi3 xiao3zhuan4le0 yi4bi3
(Literally: Therefore small make fortune one sum.)
So [I] made a small fortune.

A: 真羨慕， zhen1 xian4mu4
(Literally: Really envious.)
How [I] envy [you].

我投資股票都慘賠耶。
wo3 tou2zi1 gu3piao4 dou1 can3pei2 ye0
(Literally: I invest in stocks all tragic losses.)
I make a huge loss whenever I invest in stocks.

Vocabulary

哇 wa0
wow

你的 ni3de0
your

新 xin1
new

跑車 pao3che1
(literally "running car") sports car

好 hao3
very

炫 xüan4
(colloquial) cool

你 ni3
you

發財 fa1cai2
to strike a fortune

最近 zui4jin4
recently; lately

股票 gu3piao4
stock; share

有 you3
1) to have
2) there is/are

分紅 fen1hong2
(literally "share red") bonus; dividend

所以 suo3yi3
therefore; as a result

小賺 xiao3zhuan4
(literally "small make profit") to make a small profit

大賺 da4zhuan4
to make a huge profit

一 yi1(2, 4)
one

筆 bi3
a measure word for counting a sum of money

真 zhen1
really; very

羨慕 xian4mu4
to envy; envious

我 wo3
I; me

投資 tou2zi1
to invest; investment

都 dou1
all

慘賠 can3pei2
to lose a lot of money over an investment

慘 can3
tragic

賠 pei2
to suffer a loss