是 价格的事吗
“Is it about the price?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 打扰一下
“I... Excuse me.”
是 价格的事 吗
“Is it about the price?”
“If price is your main concern, just let me know because we can negotiate.”
Chinese business dialogue often relies on tentative questions to uncover the counterparty's bottom line without making them lose face by admitting financial constraints outright.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a matter of... / an issue concerning...
A very useful colloquial structure to pin down the root cause or theme of an ongoing issue.
Turns the statement into a direct yes-no question to verify an assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The price matters the most.”
“It must have been expensive, right?”
“The price has to be reasonable. If it's not, there's no point.”
“This price isn't decided casually.”
“must be quite expensive, right?”
“The price is negotiable.”