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《Born with Luck》 S1·E9 (20:25) HSK 3
wǒ de shàng jiā dōu bù shōu

我的上家都不收

“that isn't a complete set.”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 20:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù chéng tào de

不成套的

“my buyer won't accept anything”

wǒ de shàng jiā dōu bù shōu CURRENT FOCUS

我的 上家 都不收

“that isn't a complete set.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xíng xíng ba

行 行吧

“A-Alright.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: REFUSING OFFER
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It is not that I do not want to help you, but I literally cannot resell this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Externalizing Blame to Preserve Face

Chinese business negotiations often decline requests by citing unchangeable higher-up constraints rather than direct personal refusal to preserve rapport.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #negotiation #deflection #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
上家 SPOKEN CHUNK

upstream supplier or previous buyer/distributor

Widely used in commerce, gray markets, or card games to denote the preceding entity in a chain.

都不收 SPOKEN CHUNK

does not even accept/buy

Emphatically conveys that an item is unsellable or unwanted across the board.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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