岂不是十拿九稳哪
“claiming the top honor be all but certain?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
咱们徽墨夺魁
“wouldn't our chances of Hui Ink”
岂不是 十拿九稳 哪
“claiming the top honor be all but certain?”
陈三爷 你们陈家 是以漆烟起家的
“Third Master Chen, your family built its name on lacquer-soot ink.”
“There is virtually no chance we can lose under these conditions.”
Using negative rhetorical questions like '岂不是...' is a classic Chinese rhetorical device to project certainty without sounding overtly aggressive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
practically certain; having success in the bag
An idiomatic expression (chengyu) used when an outcome is 90-100% assured.
wouldn't it be; wouldn't that mean
Used to introduce a rhetorical question that strongly invites agreement.
Softens the rhetorical question and adds an inviting, conversational resonance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“in doing business.”
“Looks like I've got this in the bag, then.”
“but Ms. Xu said my slot is guaranteed.”