你觉得我一个月 给你开多少钱合适
“How much do you think I should pay you a month?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So I have to make quick money. You want to make quick money here?”
你觉得 我 一个月 给你开 多少钱 合适
“How much do you think I should pay you a month?”
我不要工资
“I don't want a salary.”
“Name your price so I can see what you are really after and if you understand what you are getting into.”
In non-corporate, informal Chinese business arrangements, bosses often directly ask candidates to state their price to gauge their ambition and loyalty on the spot.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pay how much money (as salary)
A standard spoken idiom where '开' means to issue or offer a regular salary or fee.
appropriate; suitable
Commonly placed at the end of open-ended negotiating questions to soften the inquiry and solicit the other person's assessment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll pay whatever it takes,”
“You only make a few coins a month. Is it enough to deduct? Besides,”
“I don't make much money a month.”
“I don't know what to do with this month's living expenses.”
“around six thousand a month,”
“I set the price.”