那这价格可贵呀
“That increases the price.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是 对 就是这样 所以你要抓活的
“Yes. Exactly. So I want her alive.”
那这价格 可贵 呀
“That increases the price.”
“Get it done and you'll get double. Deal.”
“Capturing it alive is dangerous, so you better be prepared to pay me a lot more.”
In Chinese bargaining contexts, service providers often emphasize unexpected difficulties or strict conditions as an immediate justification to raise rates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really expensive; quite costly
Here '可' serves as an emphatic adverb meaning 'truly' or 'certainly', preceding an adjective to stress degree in spoken Chinese.
Softens the assertion while adding an exclamatory nuance to emphasize the high cost.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This is expensive.”
“must be quite expensive, right?”
“This is too valuable.”
“His prices are high.”
“Wow, this is expensive.”
“(But their prices are the highest.)”
“must be worth a fortune. She's still uneasy.”
“This thing is precious.”