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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E2 (13:07) HSK 6
nǐ sòng tiān tóu jǐ gè yì si

你送添头几个意思

“Why do you have to offer offal for free? [Guo Jiu's Butcher Shop]”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 13:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kāi zhāng jiù kāi zhāng

你开张就开张

“I know this is your shop's opening day.”

nǐ sòng tiān tóu jǐ gè yì si CURRENT FOCUS

你送添头 几个意思

“Why do you have to offer offal for free? [Guo Jiu's Butcher Shop]”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guō shū

郭叔

“[Meat] Mr. Guo,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CHALLENGING INTENT
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you trying to undermine my business or make me look cheap?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Commercial Etiquette and Malicious Competition

In traditional Chinese commerce, offering excessive freebies during a peer's grand opening can be perceived as an aggressive price war or face-damaging competition rather than simple goodwill.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #interrogation #challenging_motives #grievance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
添头 SPOKEN CHUNK

freebie; something thrown in for free in a commercial transaction

A traditional colloquial term for an extra item given away with a purchase.

几个意思 SPOKEN CHUNK

what do you mean by that?; what's your angle?

A widely used colloquial challenge to question someone's true motives with a mildly aggressive tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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