我们都是做大生意的
“We are doing big business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
演样板戏哪
“Are you putting on a play?”
我们都 是 做大生意的
“We are doing big business.”
能这样吗
“Can you act like this?”
“Stop behaving like an amateur; we have a real deal to close.”
Framing the participants as big players appeals to professional face (mianzi), shaming the other party into acting with composure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do big business; to engage in large-scale commercial ventures
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to emphasize high commercial stakes or elevate one's status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we're running a business to make money.”
“This is our business, right?”
“compared to tycoons in other industries,”
“How can small businesses like ours keep running?”
“we are both people of some standing.”
“We earned it all legitimately.”
“he runs a big business.”
“You're doing big business here”