我说的是十和六
“I said $10 and $6.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这没错吧
“Am I right?”
我说的是 十和六
“I said $10 and $6.”
你有一批货要发去沈阳
“You have a shipment heading to Shenyang.”
“Listen carefully to what I actually said, and do not twist my words.”
In spoken Chinese, homophones or easily confused numbers (such as shi and liu) require explicit repetition when stakes are high, such as in commerce, crime, or logistics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what I meant was / what I said was
Essential conversational chunk used to correct a misinterpretation or refocus the listener's attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“…that between September 28th and October 6th,”
“If you help me land this, we'll split profits 60-40. No, how about 50-50?”
“We've already passed 25. We aren't teenagers anymore.”
“200...”
“[Yixiang Restaurant] Ladies. This way, please.”
“You were born on September 9th,”