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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (30:07) HSK 3
ná zhe ná zhe nà bù xíng nǐ zhè yī kàn jiù bù biàn yí

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 Dream Maker》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 30:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhè lǐ wù wǒ kě bù gǎn shōu wǒ tè yì gěi nǐ mǎi de bù zhí qián

“Madam Gao, I can't accept this gift. I bought it for you. It wasn't expensive.”

ná zhe ná zhe nà bù xíng nǐ zhè yī kàn jiù bù biàn yí CURRENT FOCUS

拿着 拿着 那不行 你这 一看就不便宜

“Take it. No way. This clearly isn't cheap.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yào me ná huí qù yào me wǒ gěi qián

“Take it back, or I pay you for it.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This gift is way too valuable for me to accept without feeling uncomfortable or indebted to you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Gift-Refusal Etiquette (Tui Rang)

In Chinese culture, accepting an expensive gift too readily incurs heavy moral debt (renqing), so multiple rounds of vigorous polite refusal are socially obligatory.

INTENT TAGS: #polite_refusal #boundary_setting #avoiding_obligation #modesty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一看就 SPOKEN CHUNK

evident at a glance; clearly

Used before an adjective or verb to express an immediate, obvious impression.

不便宜 SPOKEN CHUNK

not cheap; rather expensive

A common understatement used in polite discourse to describe expensive items.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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