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《The Guilty》 S1·E7 (19:04) HSK 4
zài shuō gē men nǐ zhè yóu xì jī shì bú shì zhī qián jìn guò shuǐ a

再说哥们你这游戏机 是不是之前进过水啊

“Besides, buddy, this console has water damage, doesn't it?”

《The Guilty》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 19:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN èr bǎi shì zuì duō le

二百是最多了

“200 is my best offer.”

zài shuō gē men nǐ zhè yóu xì jī shì bú shì zhī qián jìn guò shuǐ a CURRENT FOCUS

再说 哥们 你这游戏机 是不是 之前 进过水 啊

“Besides, buddy, this console has water damage, doesn't it?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gāng gāng wǒ kàn jìn guò shuǐ bù hǎo mài ya nà wǒ qù bié de dì fāng kàn kàn

刚刚我看 进过水不好卖呀 那我去别的地方看看

“I just checked... The water-damaged ones are hard to sell. I'll check somewhere else then.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: BARGAINING
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your item is damaged, so do not expect me to pay anywhere near full price.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bargaining Rhetoric (Tiaoci)

In secondhand markets, buyers deliberately find minor defects (挑刺, nitpicking) to shake the seller's confidence and force a price drop.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #nitpicking #price_reduction #leverage
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再说 SPOKEN CHUNK

besides / furthermore

Use at the beginning of a clause to introduce an additional persuasive argument or condition.

进过水 SPOKEN CHUNK

suffered water damage

A standard colloquial expression specifically used for electronic devices damaged by liquids.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the inquiry into a casual, rhetorically suggestive question rather than an outright harsh accusation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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