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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E18 (04:42) HSK 5
shén me jiào yí dìng xiāo liàng a shì duō shǎo shì

什么叫一定销量啊 是多少 是

“What? What do you mean by 'meet purchase targets with us'? How much is it?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 04:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me

什么

“What? What do you mean by 'meet purchase targets with us'?”

shén me jiào yí dìng xiāo liàng a shì duō shǎo shì CURRENT FOCUS

什么叫 一定 销量啊 是多少 是

“What? What do you mean by 'meet purchase targets with us'? How much is it?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī nián wǔ bǎi wàn hái shì yī nián yī qiān wàn a zhè ge wǒ bù zhī dào

“Five million a year or ten million a year? I don't know.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: DEMANDING CLARIFICATION
Tone: CHALLENGING
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop using fuzzy words; give me hard numbers.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Vagueness vs. Specificity in Commercial Deals

While Chinese communication often accommodates strategic ambiguity, high-stakes negotiations frequently prompt interlocutors to push back vigorously against fuzzy promises.

INTENT TAGS: #demanding_clarification #challenging #probing #pressuring
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
什么叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

what does it even mean to call it...

A rhetorical phrase expressing skepticism or challenge toward the phrasing or standard used by someone else.

一定销量 SPOKEN CHUNK

a certain sales volume

Refers to an ambiguous commercial benchmark, often challenged in business discussions.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an impatient, pressing nuance to the rhetorical question.

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1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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