《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (25:46)
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yě bú shì bù kě yǐ nà jiù shì fèi yòng gāo duō gāo
也不是不可以 那就是费用高 多高
“It is possible, but the cost is high. How high?”
《The Dream Maker》
S1·E23
TIMECODE: 25:46
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhà
炸
“It is possible, but the cost is high.”
yě bú shì bù kě yǐ nà jiù shì fèi yòng gāo duō gāo
CURRENT FOCUS
也不是不可以 那就 是 费用高 多高
“It is possible, but the cost is high. How high?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhè kuài dì bǐ jiào piān hái yào jiā shàng xiū lù zài jiā shàng zhà shān méi
这块地比较偏 还要加上修路 再加上炸山 没
“This plot is remote. The cost for building roads and blowing up would be over 7 or 8 million yuan.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE
Tone:
GUARDED
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I can do it, but only if you are ready to pay an arm and a leg.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Double Negation Hedging
Chinese speakers often soften direct commitments with double negatives like '也不是不可以' to avoid overpromising and maintain leverage.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#bargaining
#price_anchoring
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
也不是不可以
SPOKEN CHUNK
it's not impossible; it could be done
A double negative used as a polite, non-committal concession before introducing conditions.
那就是
SPOKEN CHUNK
that is to say; in that case
Used to introduce an inevitable consequence or primary condition in casual speech.
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