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《About Love》 S1·E16 (16:19) HSK 2
yī wàn duō yī píng nǐ shuō guì bù guì

一万多一瓶 你说贵不贵

“Over ten thousand a bottle, what do you think?”

《About Love》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 16:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà dōng xī hěn guì ma

那东西很贵吗

“Is it expensive?”

yī wàn duō yī píng nǐ shuō guì bù guì CURRENT FOCUS

一万多一瓶 你说 贵不贵

“Over ten thousand a bottle, what do you think?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ měi tiān dōu dé yòng

我每天都得用

“I use it every day.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: RHETORICAL QUESTION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Obviously it is insanely expensive, you don't even need to ask.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Consensus in Casual Speech

Using '你说...' (you tell me...) before an A-not-A adjective frame is an effective spoken technique in Chinese to build shared grievance or solidarity regarding high living costs.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #emphasis #rhetorical_inquiry #validation_seeking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你说贵不贵 SPOKEN CHUNK

you tell me if it's expensive or not

A rhetorical tag question using the A-not-A structure to compel consensus on an obvious truth.

一万多 SPOKEN CHUNK

over ten thousand

Standard spoken number approximate formed by numeral + classifier/magnitude + 多.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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