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《The Knockout》 S1·E16 (37:49) HSK 4
nà nǐ hái bù mài yí gè hǎo jià qián zěn me mǎng cūn de suǒ yǒu dì

那你还不卖一个好价钱 怎么莽村的所有地

“We must sell it at the highest price! All the land in the village”

《The Knockout》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 37:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zán mǎng cūn jiù zhè me yì diǎn dì jiù mài zhè me yī huí

咱莽村就这么一点地 就卖这么一回

“The land in Mang Village is not that big, and we can only sell it once.”

nà nǐ hái bù mài yí gè hǎo jià qián zěn me mǎng cūn de suǒ yǒu dì CURRENT FOCUS

那你还 不卖 一个好价钱 怎么 莽村的所有地

“We must sell it at the highest price! All the land in the village”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dōu gēn zá jiā yǒu guān xì ya bú shì ba

都跟咱家有关系呀 不是吧

“has something to do with us or what? I don't think so.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CHALLENGING STATEMENT
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you being so greedy and acting like our family owns the whole village?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Village Collective Land vs. Family Greed

Rural land in China is collectively owned, making disputes over land development and compensation a frequent source of tension between family entitlement and village rights.

INTENT TAGS: #skepticism #challenging #disapproval #questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
卖一个好价钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

sell for a good price

A common colloquial phrase used when discussing transactions and profits.

怎么... SPOKEN CHUNK

how come / why on earth

Used rhetorically at the start of a clause to express disbelief or challenge an assumption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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