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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E18 (20:03) HSK 7
yào shuǎ dé bù hǎo de huà nǐ yě bù kuī ma

要耍得不好的话 你也不亏嘛

“If it's not good, you won't lose anything either.”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 20:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rú guǒ zhōu wéi yào shì yǒu rén jué de shuǎ dé hǎo gěi qián wǒ jiù gěi nǐ

如果周围要是有人 觉得耍得好给钱 我就给你

“If the people here think it's good and tip me, I'll give the money to you.”

yào shuǎ dé bù hǎo de huà nǐ yě bù kuī ma CURRENT FOCUS

要耍得 不好 的话 你 也不 亏嘛

“If it's not good, you won't lose anything either.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì

不是

“Wait...”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: ENCOURAGEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have literally nothing to lose, so just give it a shot.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Downside Protection (不亏)

Appealing to the notion of 'not losing' (不亏) is a standard Chinese negotiation and encouragement tactic to eliminate risk aversion.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #reassurance #bargaining #incentivizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不亏 SPOKEN CHUNK

not suffer a loss / not at a disadvantage

Widely used in modern spoken Chinese to evaluate deals, risks, or whether an effort is worth making.

耍得不好 SPOKEN CHUNK

perform poorly / not play well

A colloquial expression often used in regional dialects or informal speech to describe performing a skill.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while highlighting that the outcome is obvious and commonsensical.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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