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《Born with Luck》 S1·E2 (14:33) HSK 4
àn tiān suàn zhù bú zhù a

按天算 住不住啊

“Calculated per day. Are you staying or not?”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 14:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN liǎ rén jiù jiā yì bǎi

俩人就加一百

“A hundred extra for two?”

àn tiān suàn zhù bú zhù a CURRENT FOCUS

按天算 住不住啊

“Calculated per day. Are you staying or not?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhù

住

“Yes.”

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Scene: Travel & Transit
Function: DEMANDING DECISION
Tone: BLUNT AND TRANSACTIONAL
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take it or leave it, stop wasting my time.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Blunt Commercial Demeanor

Small private innkeepers or vendors in lower-tier markets often forgo polite customer-service formulas in favor of direct, take-it-or-leave-it pragmatism.

INTENT TAGS: #ultimatum #pressing #transactional #impatience
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
按天算 SPOKEN CHUNK

calculated on a daily basis

Use '按 + unit + 算' to specify pricing or measurement metrics, such as hourly (按小时算) or by weight (按斤算).

住不住 SPOKEN CHUNK

are you going to stay or not

An affirmative-negative question structure that sounds very direct, often conveying impatience when closing a transaction.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds pressing urgency and informal bluntness to the demand.

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