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《Love Between Lines》 S1·E15 (18:43) HSK 4
dàn shì wǒ méi xiǎng dào de shì péi zǒng jìng rán shī zi dà kāi kǒu

但是我没想到的是 裴总竟然狮子大开口

“But what I didn't expect was that Mr. Pei would make such excessive demands.”

《Love Between Lines》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 18:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lái tí tiáo jiàn

来提条件

“as a bargaining chip.”

dàn shì wǒ méi xiǎng dào de shì péi zǒng jìng rán shī zi dà kāi kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

但是 我没想到 的是 裴总 竟然 狮子大开口

“But what I didn't expect was that Mr. Pei would make such excessive demands.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā dīng shàng de shì zhěng gè lái méng de gōng chéng

“He's after the entire Lyman's project.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: EXPRESSING ASTONISHMENT
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I anticipated negotiation, but his greed caught me off guard.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Commercial Bargaining Norms

In Chinese business dynamics, counterparts may make aggressive opening demands (狮子大开口) to test the other party's baseline resilience and project scale boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #expressing surprise #criticism #negotiation report #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
狮子大开口 SPOKEN CHUNK

to demand an exorbitant price; to ask for the moon

A vivid four-character idiom frequently used when criticizing someone's greedy or unrealistic demands in negotiations.

没想到的是 SPOKEN CHUNK

what was unexpected was that...

Common introductory phrase used to highlight an unanticipated turn of events or surprise revelation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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