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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E20 (40:41) HSK 3
kě shì nǐ zhè yě tài guì le

可是你这也太贵了

“But that's way too high.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 40:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men xiàn zài jiù zhè ge jià

我们现在就这个价

“This is our price.”

kě shì nǐ zhè yě tài guì le CURRENT FOCUS

可是 你这也 太贵了

“But that's way too high.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ pián yi diǎn xíng bù xíng

你便宜点 行不行

“Can you lower it a bit?”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: BARGAINING AND COMPLAINING
Tone: PROTESTING
Emotion: DISSATISFACTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're charging way too much; you need to lower the price or I won't buy it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bargaining Culture (Jiangjia)

Directly exclaiming that a price is outrageously high is a standard opening gambit in everyday Chinese market negotiation to test the seller's flexibility.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #complaining #negotiation #price_resistance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
也太贵了 SPOKEN CHUNK

way too expensive / excessively pricey

A very common colloquial formula ('也太...了') used to complain about exorbitant prices while shopping or bargaining.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as part of the excessive exclamation pattern '太...了' indicating an unacceptable degree.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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