我们只要处理得不好 他们就可以故意找茬
“If we mishandle this, they can find fault”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What do they mean? They are not signing? It is deliberate.”
我们 只要 处理 得 不好 他们 就可以 故意找茬
“If we mishandle this, they can find fault”
来压我们的价
“and push down our price.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese business negotiations, parties often seize on minor procedural flaws as leverage to demand price reductions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as long as... then...
A fundamental conditional pattern connecting a necessary condition to an inevitable outcome.
deliberately nitpick or find fault
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe someone maliciously inventing excuses to criticize.