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《How Dare You!?》 S1·E10 (33:31) HSK 3
kě shuì qián jiù zhàn qù le dà bàn

可税钱就占去了大半

“but taxes take up more than half of it.”

《How Dare You!?》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 33:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǐ mài yí gè qián

只卖一个钱

“sells only for one coin,”

kě shuì qián jiù zhàn qù le dà bàn CURRENT FOCUS

可税钱就 占去了大半

“but taxes take up more than half of it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài páo qù chéng běn

再刨去成本

“After deducting costs,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: LAMENTING OVERHEAD
Tone: RESIGNED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We are barely making anything because the tax rate is completely bleeding us dry.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Petty Merchant Hardship (Xiao Shengyi)

Small vendors throughout Chinese history often operated on razor-thin margins, where excessive local transit or market levies could easily turn an honest living into debt.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #cost_breakdown #financial_pressure #lamenting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
税钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

tax money / tax duty

A colloquial term commonly heard in historical or everyday contexts referring to commercial taxes or duties paid.

占去了大半 SPOKEN CHUNK

takes up the greater half / consumes most of it

Use this pattern when describing expenses, time, or energy being overwhelmingly swallowed up by a single factor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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