房价打五折
“Room rates 50% off? [Cash and payment method]”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
滚
“Get lost!”
房价 打五折
“Room rates 50% off? [Cash and payment method]”
对
“[Cash and payment method] Right.”
“Fine, take half off the price—just calm down and let this go.”
In Chinese, discounts specify the portion kept rather than the portion subtracted; for example, '打八折' means paying 80% (20% off), and '打五折' means paying 50% (half off).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give a 50% discount; half price
Note that Chinese discount percentages state the remaining price fraction, so '打五折' means paying 50%, equivalent to half off.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“a 50% discount. What do you think?”
“I can give you an extra discount.”
“Just give me a 30% discount,”
“I'll give you a discount. That'll be 260. You can scan here.”
“seem pretty overrated.”
“Here's the checkout counter. Everything is discounted.”