这件啊 这多少钱呢 这个 这件十块 太贵了
“This one? How much is this? This? 10 yuan for this one. Too expensive. I'm not buying it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大嫂高兴得不得了
“Gift it to your wife. She'll be overjoyed.”
这件啊 这 多少钱 呢 这个 这件 十块 太贵了
“This one? How much is this? This? 10 yuan for this one. Too expensive. I'm not buying it.”
“Too expensive. I'm not buying it. We can do a bit cheaper. I'm not buying it.”
“Ten yuan is ridiculous; give me a lower price or I walk away.”
Reflexively calling an item 'too expensive' is a conventional negotiation tactic to test the merchant's bottom line.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how much is it?
A casual inquiry of price softened by the ending particle.
too expensive
A standard bargaining gambit in Chinese markets to prompt price reduction.
Softens the question about price, giving it a musing and exploratory cadence.
Functions in '太...了' construction to express excessiveness.
