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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (02:56) HSK 1
zhè ge néng mài shàng dà qián shì ba

这个能卖上大钱是吧

“This can sell for big money, huh?”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 02:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge hěn zhí qián shì ba

“This is worth a lot, huh?”

zhè ge néng mài shàng dà qián shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

这个 能 卖上大钱 是吧

“This can sell for big money, huh?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xián qián shǎo de bù xiǎng gàn de

“If anyone thinks he gets too little and doesn't want to work for me,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: PROVOCATIVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend this is cheap; we know you're making huge profits, so pay us fairly.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Confronting Unequal Distribution (Fenqian)

In grassroots Chinese work crews, disputes over profit sharing frequently center on calling out the discrepancy between retail profits and labor wages.

INTENT TAGS: #confronting #bargaining #demanding_fairness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
卖上大钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

fetch a big price / sell for serious money

Colloquial idiom used to describe goods yielding very high profits.

是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right? / isn't that so?

Often used aggressively or rhetorically when the speaker already knows the answer.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds a rhetorical pressure tag to demand an affirmative acknowledgment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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