那要不你出一千二 我出那十两怎么样
“How about you offer 1,200 taels of gold and I pay an extra ten?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“No, it won't. Just call a higher bid.”
那要不 你出一千二 我出那十两 怎么样
“How about you offer 1,200 taels of gold and I pay an extra ten?”
“If you are so eager to spend more money, why don't you pay for it yourself instead of volunteering my wallet?”
Among close peers or partners, teasingly proposing an unfair division of expenses is a common humorous defense mechanism to decline footing the bill.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how about; why don't we
A standard conversational marker used to introduce a tentative suggestion or alternative option.
how about that?; what do you think?
Placed at the end of a sentence to seek agreement or check the listener's reaction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You bid 300 taels. I don't think anyone would dare to compete with you.”
“But if you want those five hundred taels, you have to meet someone first.”
“20 taels then.”
“let alone 20,000 taels, even 40,000 or 80,000 taels,”
“If they aren't willing to pay even this 1,000 yuan, how can we expect them to fork out”
“How much? You pay. One twenty in total. I'll get it. I'll get it.”