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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (52:24) HSK 3
dì yī cì gēn nǐ nà ge nán fāng péng yǒu zuò shēng yì

第一次跟你那个南方朋友做生意

“For the first deal with your southern friend,”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 52:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wèi guì lǎo bǎn

喂 桂老板

“Mr. Gui.”

dì yī cì gēn nǐ nà ge nán fāng péng yǒu zuò shēng yì CURRENT FOCUS

第一次 跟你 那个 南方 朋友 做生意

“For the first deal with your southern friend,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiān ràng tā shì yī pī huāng huò lǐ miàn yǒu bù shǎo hǎo dōng xī

“sell him a batch of odd goods first. There are quite a few decent pieces among them.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: SETTING PARAMETERS
Tone: CAUTIOUS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I don't completely trust him yet, so let's start small and see how it goes.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Initial Business Trust (Shuren Culture)

In Chinese business culture, first-time transactions with new partners typically involve trial batches to mitigate risk and verify reliability before committing to large volumes.

INTENT TAGS: #caution #justification #risk_management #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
第一次 SPOKEN CHUNK

for the first time

Commonly placed before a verb phrase to indicate performing an action for the very first occasion.

做生意 SPOKEN CHUNK

to do business; to trade

The standard colloquial term for conducting business or commercial transactions with someone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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