《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E8 (32:19)
HSK 4
dàn zhè shēng yì wǒ bù néng gēn nín zuò
但这生意我不能跟您做
“But I can't make this deal with you.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E8
TIMECODE: 32:19
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
duō xiè zhǎng guì shǎng shí
多谢掌柜赏识
“Thank you for your appreciation, Manager.”
dàn zhè shēng yì wǒ bù néng gēn nín zuò
CURRENT FOCUS
但这生意我 不能 跟您做
“But I can't make this deal with you.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wèi hé
为何
“Why?”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
POLITE REFUSAL
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Rejection (先礼后兵)
Chinese commercial etiquette often pairs polite acknowledgment and honorifics with clear, firm boundaries when rejecting a proposal.
INTENT TAGS:
#refusal
#business_negotiation
#firmness
#politeness
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
做生意
SPOKEN CHUNK
do business; make a deal
Standard collocation for engaging in commerce or transactional agreements.
跟您
SPOKEN CHUNK
with you (honorific)
Combines preposition with the polite second-person pronoun to maintain respect even when delivering bad news.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E8 (32:19) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus