我要付出什么样的代价
“what would I pay?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果换人演
“If it were someone else,”
我要 付出什么样的代价
“what would I pay?”
怎么了
“What's wrong,”
“Tell me straight: what is this going to cost me if we pull the trigger?”
In Chinese business and creative negotiations, explicitly framing decisions around 'paying the price' emphasizes accountability and readiness to shoulder professional consequences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pay a price; to bear the consequences
A very common collocation used both literally and metaphorically when facing the fallout of a decision.
what kind of; what sort of
Useful open-ended question phrase to ask about specific attributes or categories.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you know what price you have to pay?”
“do you know what your cost is?”
“comes with a price.”
“is this the price that must be paid?”
“he must pay the price.”
“pay for everything he has done.”