《The Knockout》 S1·E4 (38:16)
HSK 7
diàn yào shì bù kāi le dìng jīn yě yào bù huí lái de
店要是不开了 定金也要不回来的
“If we don't open it, we can't get the deposit back.”
《The Knockout》
S1·E4
TIMECODE: 38:16
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
diàn miàn de dìng jīn zán men yě jiāo le
“We've also paid the deposit for the store.”
diàn yào shì bù kāi le dìng jīn yě yào bù huí lái de
CURRENT FOCUS
店 要是 不开了 定金 也 要不回来 的
“If we don't open it, we can't get the deposit back.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
WARNING OF CONSEQUENCES
Tone:
WARNING
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Giving up now is foolish because we will lose our hard-earned money for nothing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Non-refundable Deposits (定金 vs 订金)
In Chinese business contracts, '定金' is legally binding and non-refundable if the paying party defaults, making forfeiture a severe deterrent.
INTENT TAGS:
#warning
#dissuasion
#financial_risk
#consequence
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
要不回来
SPOKEN CHUNK
cannot get back / cannot recover (money or goods)
A potential complement expressing the inability to reclaim something once surrendered.
要是……也……
SPOKEN CHUNK
if... then also...
A conditional correlative structure frequently used to demonstrate negative consequences.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Placed sentence-finally to express strong assertion and conviction about an outcome.
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4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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