什么叫待价而沽
“What it means to wait for the highest bidder?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么叫 待价而沽
“What it means to wait for the highest bidder?”
“You don't need to know that much. This has already been decided by the superiors.”
“Are you holding out just to sell your allegiance to the highest bidder?”
In Chinese socio-political disputes, four-character idioms are often wielded as intellectual and moral indictments rather than neutral queries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait for the right price to sell / hold out for the highest offer
A classical four-character idiom often used metaphorically to describe someone waiting for a lucrative political or personal offer.
what does ... mean / what do you call ...
Commonly used in spoken Chinese either to ask definitions or rhetorically to express disbelief or challenge an assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Once he quotes a price, we can talk.”
“Are you bargaining with a guest?”
“Stop bargaining. Let's settle it like this.”
“Such a project won't bring us even a dime.”
“what would I pay?”
“Merchants will hoard it for a higher price.”