你一下子就报了十枚
“but you reported 10 all at once.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让你把那四枚玉牌换了
“he asked you to exchange those 4 jade tablets,”
你 一下子就报了十枚
“but you reported 10 all at once.”
这天元派只有五枚
“Tianyuan Sect only has 5 tablets,”
“Are you out of your mind asking for ten all at once when they don't even have that many?”
In Chinese social and business negotiations, exceeding realistic bounds without reading the situation damages credibility and disrupts consensus.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all at once; rashly in a single stroke
Emphasizes the suddenness or excessive degree of an impulsive action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I counted over a hundred.”
“And you're asking for 100,000 just like that?”
“I'll record it. No, wait. Ten shares total and each can only get one share.”
“in full according to the agreement.”
“With all that money you've earned,”
“obtaining a lead on the American messenger”