不是 那工厂机器好几百吨 那不得几十万啊
“Wait, the machines in that factory weigh hundreds of tons, won't that be hundreds of thousands?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
运费是一千块一吨 一千块一吨
“The freight is one thousand a ton. One thousand a ton?”
不是 那工厂机器好几百吨 那不得 几十万 啊
“Wait, the machines in that factory weigh hundreds of tons, won't that be hundreds of thousands?”
“I accept your conditions. For the specific details,”
“Your price is completely unreasonable, there is no way we can pay that much.”
Rather than flatly calling the quote unfair, Chinese negotiators often calculate the total sum out loud with rhetorical markers to force the counterparty to recognize the unreasonableness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait a minute; hold on (discourse marker)
Used at the beginning of a turn to pause the conversation and signal immediate disagreement or confusion.
several hundred
Colloquial quantifier emphasizing a substantial number.
wouldn't that inevitably (cost/require)...
Rhetorical construction used to anticipate an exorbitant consequence or cost.
Amplifies the rhetorical shock and disbelief at the calculated total amount.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Our factory is the biggest. Even we can't hold up,”
“I saw the factory getting worse and worse.”
“that our plant isn't doing so well.”