我打算把房子退了
“I plan to terminate the tenancy agreement.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
回北京
“Back to Beijing.”
我 打算 把房子退了
“I plan to terminate the tenancy agreement.”
好不容易找人排队 付的首付
“I finally got someone to queue up to pay the down payment.”
“I have decided not to stay here anymore, so I am pulling out of buying this property.”
In contemporary urban China, buying a home is a defining life anchor; canceling a purchase or giving up a down payment signifies a monumental reversal in personal and financial life plans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
plan to / intend to
A common conversational verb used to announce personal plans or future actions.
cancel the house purchase / return the house
Uses the '把' construction to emphasize disposing of or canceling a real estate transaction.
Indicates a finalized decision or intention to carry out the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've terminated the lease on your place?”
“Let's just pack up and give them back the house.”
“People from the Qian family came. They want the house back.”
“Wait. Are you saying you want to sell this apartment?”
“maybe cancel one of the rooms.”
“I'm only taking back what's mine.”