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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E21 (10:10) HSK 4
nǐ shuō gāng qín nà me zhòng zǒng bù néng bǐ nà yī dùn fàn hái pián yi ba

你说钢琴那么重 总不能比那一顿饭 还便宜吧

“You see, a piano is so heavy. It can't be cheaper than that meal, right?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 10:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hǎo xiàng shì yī qiān duō

好像是一千多

“Seems like over 1,000.”

nǐ shuō gāng qín nà me zhòng zǒng bù néng bǐ nà yī dùn fàn hái pián yi ba CURRENT FOCUS

你说 钢琴那么重 总不能 比那一顿饭 还便宜吧

“You see, a piano is so heavy. It can't be cheaper than that meal, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ men zěn me bù qù qiǎng ne kě bù néng zhè me shuō gǒu gē

“Why don't you just rob me? You can't say that, Mr. Dog.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: BARGAINING
Tone: REASONING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You spend plenty on food, so pay up for this backbreaking work.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Relative Valuation in Haggling

In casual Chinese price negotiations, service providers frequently compare labor costs to everyday luxuries like dining out to make their fees seem reasonable.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #bargaining #justification #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你说 SPOKEN CHUNK

think about it, consider this, tell me

Placed at the start of an argument to appeal directly to the listener's sense of common logic.

总不能 SPOKEN CHUNK

surely it cannot be, it makes no sense that

Used to introduce an unacceptable or absurd counterpoint in an argument.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical assertion while actively seeking the listener's agreement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E21 (10:10) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus