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《My Destiny》 S1·E25 (05:58) HSK 7
tǎo jià huán jià méi yǒu kòng jiān jiàng dī zhì liàng biāo zhǔn jué bù kě néng

讨价还价 没有空间 降低质量标准 绝不可能

“There's no room for negotiation. I won't lower my quality standards.”

《My Destiny》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 05:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kā fēi shì hē bù xià qù le chá wǒ yě bù hē bù hǎo yì sī a

“I can't drink more coffee. No tea either. I'm sorry.”

tǎo jià huán jià méi yǒu kòng jiān jiàng dī zhì liàng biāo zhǔn jué bù kě néng CURRENT FOCUS

讨价还价 没有 空间 降低质量标准 绝不可能

“There's no room for negotiation. I won't lower my quality standards.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ xiǎng shǎo diàn fù zī jīn wǒ gèng zuò bú dào wǒ chéng rèn

“And you can't reduce your upfront payment. I admit my”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Drawing the Bottom Line (底线)

When commercial negotiations stall, Chinese business operators may abandon indirect politeness to explicitly assert their bottom-line boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #boundary_setting #firmness #ultimatum
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
讨价还价 SPOKEN CHUNK

haggling / bargaining back and forth

A classic four-character idiom describing commercial price negotiation or metaphorical dispute over terms.

没有空间 SPOKEN CHUNK

no room / no leeway

A direct, firm phrase used to declare an issue non-negotiable.

绝不可能 SPOKEN CHUNK

absolutely impossible

Used to express an emphatic, non-debatable refusal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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