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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (10:10) HSK 1
shuō ba kāi jià duō shǎo

说吧 开价多少

“Go on. Name your price.”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 10:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shēng kēng a

生坑啊

“Fresh out of the ground, huh?”

shuō ba kāi jià duō shǎo CURRENT FOCUS

说吧 开价 多少

“Go on. Name your price.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǔ shí

五十

“500,000.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: DEMANDING PRICE QUOTE
Tone: DIRECT
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Antique and Underground Bargaining

In trading valuable or grey-market goods like freshly unearthed antiques ('生坑'), buyers often adopt a curt, businesslike demeanor to test the seller's resolve.

INTENT TAGS: #price_negotiation #bargaining #prompting #directness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

go ahead and speak / out with it

Commonly used to prompt someone to reveal information or make a demand without hesitation.

开价 SPOKEN CHUNK

name a price / quote an asking price

Used in commercial or bargaining contexts when asking the seller to make the first bid.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the command into an inviting, direct prompt to speak.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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