互惠互利 我们就是好朋友
“Mutual benefit. Then we're friends.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我是商人
“But I'm a businessman.”
互惠互利 我们 就是 好朋友
“Mutual benefit. Then we're friends.”
走之前
“Before you go,”
“You only matter to me as long as we both profit; don't expect charity.”
While Chinese business culture emphasizes personal friendship, seasoned commercial actors often explicitly bind friendship to concrete win-win reciprocity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mutual benefit; win-win reciprocity
A common four-character idiom widely used in formal and business negotiations to advocate shared profit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm fully aware of your intentions to maintain peace and friendship.”
“and benefiting both sides.”
“Using our resources to support each other a little is a pretty good tradition.”
“In the future, I hope we can benefit each other”
“It's an arrangement where he gets a home”
“we'd exchange resources. You said you're capable”