供货给商户 得需要不少绣娘吧？
“Supplying embroidery to merchants must require a lot of embroiderers, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
供货给商户 得需要 不少绣娘 吧 ？
“Supplying embroidery to merchants must require a lot of embroiderers, right?”
“- Seven or eight. - That's not so many.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese trade contexts, indirectly estimating a partner's labor scale is a polite way to assess their operational size and credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
supply goods to
Standard commercial phrase used when referring to supplying retail or merchant clients.
must require / definitely needs
A spoken colloquial combination asserting an educated guess about practical necessities.
quite a few / a considerable amount of
A common understatement used to mean 'many' or 'a significant quantity'.
Softens the question into an educated guess and invites confirmation from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've been here for a while. Why haven't we seen a single embroiderer?”
“but the embroidery is highly exquisite.”
“With skills like that, how will you face your in-laws later?”
“What did the supplier say?”
“The embroidery is really something!”
“I never knew she could embroider so well.”