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《The Truth》 S1·E18 (09:32) HSK 3
tài shǎo kě bù xíng a zěn me yě dé shuō dé guò qù a shì bú shì

太少可不行啊 怎么也得说得过去啊 是不是

“Too little won't do. It has to be a reasonable amount.”

《The Truth》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 09:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ xiàn zài yǒu duō shǎo

你现在有多少

“How much do you have right now?”

tài shǎo kě bù xíng a zěn me yě dé shuō dé guò qù a shì bú shì CURRENT FOCUS

太少 可不行啊 怎么也得 说得过去 啊 是不是

“Too little won't do. It has to be a reasonable amount.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yì bǎi wàn

一百万

“One million.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: DEMANDING MORE
Tone: DEMANDING
Emotion: GREED
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't try to lowball me; you need to give me a serious amount of cash.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Shuo De Guo Qu (Reasonable Decency)

The phrase implies that actions or offers must withstand public scrutiny or mutual face, often invoked ironically to justify greed in negotiations.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #negotiation #pressuring #threshold_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说得过去 SPOKEN CHUNK

passable; justifiable; acceptable

Commonly used to describe an outcome or figure that meets basic expectations or standard social decencies.

怎么也得 SPOKEN CHUNK

at the very least; at all costs must

Used to establish a non-negotiable minimum threshold or condition in bargaining.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an urging tone to emphasize the speaker's expectation.

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4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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