这金沙池的面积也不小 这得少收多少房子啊
“the Golden Sands Pool is quite large. We'd lose space for so many houses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
夏总
“Ms. Xia,”
这金沙池的 面积 也不 小 这得 少收多少 房子啊
“the Golden Sands Pool is quite large. We'd lose space for so many houses.”
池子要保留 但面积至少得 缩成一亩左右
“The pool must be preserved, but we must shrink the area to about one mu.”
“Keeping this pond as-is wastes prime real estate and cuts heavily into our profits.”
In Chinese business hierarchies, subordinates often frame disagreement or warnings as rhetorical questions rather than direct commands to preserve the manager's authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is not small either / is quite large
A common litotes used to politely highlight considerable size or significance.
this will surely / think how much this will
Used before verbs to project an inevitable, often substantial cost or effort.
Softens the rhetorical question while prompting the listener to acknowledge the obvious dilemma.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“wouldn't want to see just an ordinary concrete block going up here.”
“Now, Golden Sands Pool is well-known!”
“Otherwise, it would be a disservice to Golden Sands Pool's current fame.”
“Help me find a property consultant to come check out Golden Sands Pool.”
“Congratulations, Mr. Xia, on becoming a homeowner in Golden Sands Pool.”
“to really take your Golden Sands Pool to be auctioned, right?”