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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27 (20:39) HSK 3
kě shì nǐ shuō tā gāng bān xià lái jiù zuò dì qǐ jià

可是你说他刚搬下来就坐地起价

“But as soon as they moved things down, they jacked up the price,”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 20:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ huán gěi tā jiāo le yí bàn de dìng jīn

我还给他交了一半的定金

“I even paid half the price as a deposit.”

kě shì nǐ shuō tā gāng bān xià lái jiù zuò dì qǐ jià CURRENT FOCUS

可是 你说 他 刚 搬 下来 就坐 地起价

“But as soon as they moved things down, they jacked up the price,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yào shén me lóu shàng fèi

要什么楼上费

“asking for an upstairs fee”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Consumer Vulnerability in Informal Services

In informal moving or transport services, service providers sometimes exploit situations where the client has few immediate alternatives to demand unexpected extra fees.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #venting #criticism #grievance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
坐地起价 SPOKEN CHUNK

to arbitrarily raise prices on the spot

A vivid four-character idiom frequently used when criticizing opportunism or extortionate price hikes during transactions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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