求着跟我做生意的还是你
“And you were the one begging to do business with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You're the one who came to Nanjing”
求着跟我 做生意 的还是你
“And you were the one begging to do business with me.”
现在不敢了
“Now you're scared?”
“You begged me for this opportunity, so don't you dare chicken out now.”
In Chinese business culture, reneging on an endeavor after proactively begging for entry causes severe loss of face and credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
begging to do business with me
A pointed rhetorical chunk used to emphasize that the other party initiated the deal from an inferior position.
it was still you; it was you after all
Used contrastively to highlight inconsistency between someone's past and present behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I came on some business.”
“I want to do business with you”
“I'm here to do business with you.”
“But I can't make this deal with you.”
“I don't understand business,”
“Well, since we are doing business,”