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《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E6 (38:18) HSK 7
wǒ zhè biān guò wán nián huí qù jiù kě yǐ qiān yuē le shuō huà suàn huà

我这边过完年回去 就可以签约了 说话算话

“When I get back after the Chinese New Year, we can sign the contract. Deal.”

《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 38:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín yào chéng xīn mǎi de huà wǒ gěi nín liú zhe zhuā diǎn jǐn

您要诚心买的话我给您留着 抓点紧

“If you're serious, I can hold one for you, but you need to hurry. When I get back after the Chinese New Year,”

wǒ zhè biān guò wán nián huí qù jiù kě yǐ qiān yuē le shuō huà suàn huà CURRENT FOCUS

我 这边 过完 年 回去 就可以 签约了 说话算话

“When I get back after the Chinese New Year, we can sign the contract. Deal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ gěi nín zhǔn bèi hé tóng le

那我给您准备合同了

“Then I'll prepare the contract.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: MAKING A COMMITMENT
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please do not sell it to anyone else, I am definitely buying it as soon as I return.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Spring Festival Hiatus and Verbal Trust

Many commercial transactions in China pause around Chinese New Year, requiring explicit verbal commitments ('说话算话') to maintain mutual trust until normal business resumes.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #commitment #promising #deal_closing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说话算话 SPOKEN CHUNK

keep one's word; a promise is a promise

A common idiom used to assure the listener that one intends to honor their verbal agreement.

过完年 SPOKEN CHUNK

after the Chinese New Year holiday passes

Widely used in business and personal life as a natural time marker for resuming projects after the major spring break.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks an anticipated change of state indicating that conditions will finally allow signing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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