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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E5 (05:40) HSK 4
zài shuō le nǐ néng jiā duō shǎo qián

再说了 你能加多少钱

“Besides, how much more can you add?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 05:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù bù xíng

就不行

“That won't do.”

zài shuō le nǐ néng jiā duō shǎo qián CURRENT FOCUS

再说了 你能 加多少钱

“Besides, how much more can you add?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yī wū yī tiān gěi nǐ jiā èr shí

我一屋一天给你加二十

“I'll add 20 yuan a day per room.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CHALLENGING OFFER
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You probably can't offer enough to make this worth my while.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Price Bargaining Skepticism

In Chinese street-level negotiations, sellers often feign indifference or doubt the buyer's budget to gain leverage before hearing the actual bid.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #skepticism #challenging #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再说了 SPOKEN CHUNK

besides / furthermore

Used in casual speech to introduce an additional compelling argument or rhetorical counterpoint.

加多少钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

add how much money / how much extra can be paid

A colloquial way to inquire about or challenge an increment in price during bargaining.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Combined with '再说' to form a discourse marker indicating a shift to an additional reinforcing reason.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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