你这不是客气了吗 我给您倒点水
“You're being too polite. Let me pour you some water.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“haven't reached a cooperation agreement yet, yet I'm accepting such a heavy gift.”
你 这不是客气了吗 我给您倒点水
“You're being too polite. Let me pour you some water.”
谢谢 谢谢 谢谢
“Thank you. Thank you.”
“Please don't overthink the gift; consider it a sincere gesture to seal our future partnership.”
In Chinese business culture, presenting gifts before a deal is closed fosters guanxi; hosts routinely dismiss the recipient's politeness to alleviate their social burden.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
overly polite; treating someone like an outsider
Frequently used to deflect compliments or dispel awkwardness when offering favors or gifts.
pour some water
A standard hospitable gesture in Chinese social and business settings to make a guest feel comfortable.
Marks an emerging state and softens the rhetorical question to sound warm rather than accusatory.
Forms a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to relax and drop their reservations.
