消费降级

Xiāofèi jiàngjí

— Consumption Downgrading —

Consumption Downgrading

A: 你最近怎么不点外卖了？天天自己带饭，这也太反常了。Nǐ zuìjìn zěnme bù diǎn wàimài le? Tiāntiān zìjǐ dài fàn, zhè yě tài fǎncháng le.

Why have you stopped ordering takeout lately? Bringing your own lunch every day — that's quite out of character.

B: 算了一笔账，点外卖一个月要花两千多，自己做饭能省一半。现在经济形势不好，能省则省。Suàn le yī bǐ zhàng, diǎn wàimài yī ge yuè yào huā liǎngqiān duō, zìjǐ zuò fàn néng shěng yī bàn. Xiànzài jīngjì xíngshì bù hǎo, néng shěng zé shěng.

I did the math — ordering takeout costs over two thousand a month, but cooking myself saves half. The economy is bad right now, so I save wherever I can.

A: 你以前可是花钱大手大脚的，怎么突然变得这么精打细算了？Nǐ yǐqián kě shì huā qián dàshǒu dàjiǎo de, zěnme tūrán biàn de zhème jīngdǎ xìsuàn le?

You used to spend money so freely — how did you suddenly become so frugal?

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