对 这一千元 还会算在房款里 不会吞掉
“Yes. That 1,000 yuan will be counted towards the house price. We won't just take it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
夏总 您是看房先交钱的意思 是吧
“Ms. Xia. You mean they have to pay before viewing, right?”
对 这一千元 还会 算在房款里 不会 吞掉
“Yes. That 1,000 yuan will be counted towards the house price. We won't just take it.”
“If they aren't willing to pay even this 1,000 yuan, how can we expect them to fork out”
“This is standard procedure to weed out unserious buyers, so don't worry about being scammed.”
In Chinese real estate transactions, small deposits are frequently collected as proof of genuine intent to purchase before finalizing agreements.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
counted toward / included in
A frequent pattern in commercial exchanges to show an expense will be credited into the final total.
to embezzle / to unfairly swallow up funds
Colloquial verb describing someone dishonestly keeping or absorbing money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“ten thousand yuan at most per month.”
“pay 6 months' rent at once,”
“There's nothing I can do after paying the rent every month.”
“Why do I still have 5,000 left here?”
“You think one million yuan is too little, right?”
“the rent must be paid every 6 months.”