反正就是不能便宜了你们
“I just won't let you have it easy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“This is our place. Feng Lin, don't push it. I don't care!”
反正 就是不 能 便宜了你们
“I just won't let you have it easy.”
冯琳
“Feng Lin.”
“I will do whatever it takes just to make sure you get nothing.”
In Chinese social psychology, letting a rival '占便宜' (gain an unfair edge) is seen as a severe humiliation, often provoking zero-sum obstructionism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
anyway; in any case
Used to assert an uncompromising bottom line regardless of previous debate.
let someone off easy; let someone benefit unfairly
Used transitively to express resentment that someone might get an unearned advantage.
Marks the completed state of someone securing an unfair gain, treated as unacceptable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we can go easy on you.”
“This looks expensive.”
“But that's way too high.”
“Can you make it cheaper?”
“Can you make it a bit cheaper?”
“Or it'd be too expensive. If business doesn't go well,”