十个点不少钱哪
“Ten points is a lot of money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
刀哥
“Daggar.”
十个点 不少钱 哪
“Ten points is a lot of money.”
我就等你这句话
“That's what I've been waiting for.”
“You are taking a huge cut, so make sure you deliver on your end.”
In Chinese business culture and grey-market negotiations, kickbacks and commissions are universally negotiated as 'points' (点), allowing parties to discuss massive sums without uttering explicit currency amounts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ten percentage points (10% cut or commission)
Standard spoken business and underground jargon where '点' represents percentage points in profit-sharing.
a tidy sum; a lot of money
A common colloquial litotes used to underscore a substantial amount without naming a specific figure.
Adds an exclamatory nuance that highlights the speaker's emotional reaction to the high monetary figure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't have that kind of money.”
“How much could that possibly cost?”
“Well, you still have to pay something.”
“I remember paying you every single penny.”
“That's a lot of bills— how do you know which bill it is?”
“I haven't saved enough.”