快两斤了 早上十三块多 十块给你
“It's nearly a kilo. It was over thirteen this morning, but I'll give it to you for ten.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
多少钱
“How much?”
快两斤了 早上十三块多 十块给你
“It's nearly a kilo. It was over thirteen this morning, but I'll give it to you for ten.”
没见过
“Never seen her.”
“I am doing you a favor with this discount, so take the deal.”
Small market vendors frequently shave off cents or small amounts to give the customer a sense of gaining an advantage (zhan bianyi) and build repeat business.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost; nearly
Placed around an amount or time to indicate approaching a threshold.
give it to you for (a certain price)
Commonly used by market vendors when setting a negotiated or discounted price.
Indicates that the quantity has reached the specified threshold.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“3.5 is fine. Give me two jins.”
“They sell it by the gram. One bowl costs over 100 yuan.”
“I'll just count it as 2 jin for you, alright?”
“You two are just as bad.”
“it's 30 mace a jin.”
“What's wrong? The whole team gets 50 jin a month. No, no.”