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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E4 (10:17) HSK 3
zhè jǐ tiān de huā xiāo yě bǐ jiào dà

这几天的花销也比较大

“And your recent expenses have been high.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 10:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǐ jīng huā dé chà bu duō le

已经花得差不多了

“Your previous deposit is almost used up.”

zhè jǐ tiān de huā xiāo yě bǐ jiào dà CURRENT FOCUS

这几天的花销也 比较 大

“And your recent expenses have been high.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ nín kàn

所以您看

“Could you provide an additional deposit?”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PREFACING A REQUEST
Tone: DIPLOMATIC
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need more money from you, so please approve the extra funds.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hedging and Preface Before Request (Paozhuan)

Direct requests for money are seen as aggressive in Chinese discourse; speakers almost always lay a factual foundation of hardship first before asking.

INTENT TAGS: #hedging #requesting_funds #justifying_costs #polite_solicitation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
花销 SPOKEN CHUNK

expenses / expenditures

A natural, everyday term for expenditures, commonly used in personal finance or informal business settings.

比较大 SPOKEN CHUNK

relatively large / rather substantial

A standard hedging collocation used to soften assertions about cost or scale.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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