拿着 拿着 那不行 你这一看就不便宜
“Take it. No way. This clearly isn't cheap.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Madam Gao, I can't accept this gift. I bought it for you. It wasn't expensive.”
拿着 拿着 那不行 你这 一看就不便宜
“Take it. No way. This clearly isn't cheap.”
“Take it back, or I pay you for it.”
“This gift is way too valuable for me to accept without feeling uncomfortable or indebted to you.”
In Chinese culture, accepting an expensive gift too readily incurs heavy moral debt (renqing), so multiple rounds of vigorous polite refusal are socially obligatory.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
evident at a glance; clearly
Used before an adjective or verb to express an immediate, obvious impression.
not cheap; rather expensive
A common understatement used in polite discourse to describe expensive items.