还是麻烦你们尽快结清一下
“As for the rest, please pay up soon.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以至于剩下的钱
“As for the rest, please pay up soon.”
还是 麻烦你们尽快结清 一下
“As for the rest, please pay up soon.”
那不对啊
“Wait.”
“Polite pleasantries aside, you need to pay up the rest of the money right now.”
In Chinese business dealings, sensitive demands like collecting debt are initially softened with polite formulas like '麻烦' to preserve harmony and respect mutual face before escalating.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sorry to trouble you / please
A polite formula used to soften a direct demand or imposition on others.
settle an account / pay off completely
Standard financial and commercial vocabulary for clearing debts or pending balances.
Functions as a pragmatic softener to make the imperative request sound less abrupt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“from that whole fake royal jelly incident.”
“can finish looking and return it to me quickly.”
“I can't do it right now.”
“Put it on hold for now. Can't you buy some time?”
“comes around.”
“and find a way to pay me back.”