不行不行 太贵了
“No, no. Too expensive.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
再买个五斗柜
“Another chest of drawers?”
不行不行 太贵了
“No, no. Too expensive.”
买个箱子
“Let's just get a trunk.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Directly rejecting purchases based on price reflects the deep-rooted cultural virtue of thriftiness and pragmatic financial management among Chinese families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no way; definitely not
Reduplicating '不行' adds emphasis and shows immediate, instinctive refusal in informal speech.
too expensive
Essential spoken phrase when negotiating prices or expressing concern about high costs.
Functions with '太' in the standard '太...了' construction to express excessiveness.