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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E31 (17:34) HSK 4
nǐ xiàn zài gēn tā shuō jiā jí tā kěn dìng shī zi dà kāi kǒu

你现在跟他说加急 他肯定狮子大开口

“If you tell him to expedite it now, he will definitely ask for an exorbitant price.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 17:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā xiàn zài qián qián hòu hòu ná le wǒ men wǔ shí duō wàn le

“He has already taken more than 500,000 from us.”

nǐ xiàn zài gēn tā shuō jiā jí tā kěn dìng shī zi dà kāi kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

你现在 跟他说 加急 他 肯定 狮子大开口

“If you tell him to expedite it now, he will definitely ask for an exorbitant price.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bǎi fēn zhī shí tā dōu bù yí dìng dā yìng

“He might not even agree to 10%.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: WARNING AGAINST ACTION
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: CAUTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not let him know we are desperate, or he will bleed us dry.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Concealing Urgency in Chinese Negotiations

In Chinese bargaining culture, revealing time pressure or desperation is seen as a fatal tactical error that invites the other party to drastically inflate their price.

INTENT TAGS: #negotiation_strategy #warning #cost_control #risk_assessment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
加急 SPOKEN CHUNK

to expedite; to make urgent; rush service

Commonly used for visas, deliveries, or work orders when requesting faster processing.

狮子大开口 SPOKEN CHUNK

to demand an exorbitant price; to make outrageous demands

A vivid idiom used in negotiations when the other party asks for a ridiculously high price or fee.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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