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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E24 (02:05) HSK 3
nà rú guǒ nǐ jué de bù hé suàn

那如果你觉得不合算

“If you think it's not a good deal,”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 02:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuì dǐ xià xiàn le

最底下限了

“we can accept.”

nà rú guǒ nǐ jué de bù hé suàn CURRENT FOCUS

那如果 你觉得 不合算

“If you think it's not a good deal,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ men zhǐ hǎo

那我们只好

“then we have no choice...”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: NEGOTIATION LEVERAGE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take it or leave it, because I cannot offer you anything better.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Walking Away Tactic

In Chinese business negotiations, signaling a willingness to walk away (often framed politely as acknowledging the other party's dissatisfaction) is a standard hardball tactic to protect one's bottom line.

INTENT TAGS: #negotiation #ultimatum #boundary_setting #conditional_statement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不合算 SPOKEN CHUNK

not worthwhile; not cost-effective

Used in commercial or everyday bargaining when an exchange or purchase does not justify the cost or effort.

如果你觉得 SPOKEN CHUNK

if you feel/think that

A conversational framing device to shift responsibility or decision-making onto the interlocutor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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