我这不是碰到难处了吗 这批货卖得又不好
“I'm just having some trouble right now. This batch of goods isn't selling well.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Xiang, when have I ever failed to pay a debt?”
我 这不是 碰到难处 了 吗 这批货卖得又 不好
“I'm just having some trouble right now. This batch of goods isn't selling well.”
“Your business has nothing to do with me.”
“Give me a break, I'm genuinely broke right now.”
In Chinese informal debt recovery, debtors often appeal to human sympathy (人情) by elaborating on misfortune, hoping the creditor grants more time out of compassion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
encounter difficulties / hit a rough patch
A colloquial way to plead hard times when apologizing or asking for patience.
isn't it because... / you see, the thing is...
Used at the start of a sentence to soften an excuse and seek understanding.
Forms a rhetorical question seeking empathy and agreement from the creditor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If he asked you, he must be desperate.”
“If this batch of goods were his, it'd be gone in minutes.”
“Didn't you say there'd be absolutely no issues with this batch?”
“We have so many orders now we can hardly keep up with them.”
“It's how we usually stock up. Then no problem. Let's try.”
“I thought we'd sell out. I even stocked up so much inventory.”