我骑这么个玩意儿都高要价
“Even riding this thing would make them jack up the price?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不高要价吗
“won't they jack up the price?”
我骑这么个 玩意儿 都 高要价
“Even riding this thing would make them jack up the price?”
懂啥 听我的吧
“What do you know? Just listen to me.”
“Look at this beat-up ride—nobody is going to fall for an exorbitant asking price.”
Chinese speakers often self-deprecate their belongings (calling them '玩意儿') to stay grounded and avoid embarrassment if a commercial bluff fails.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
such a cheap piece of junk; this sort of thing
A highly colloquial, self-deprecating or dismissive phrase used to belittle an object's quality.
ask for a high price; overcharge
Used in informal trading or negotiation contexts to describe setting an ambitiously high quote.