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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E33 (18:32) HSK 6
bù biàn yí ba qǐ dòng zī jīn zhì shǎo liǎng gè yì

不便宜吧 启动资金 至少两个亿

“It's not cheap, is it? The startup capital is at least 200 million.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E33
TIMECODE: 18:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gēn jù nà biān de fāng àn zuò yù suàn ne

根据那边的方案 做预算呢

“working on the budget based on that proposal.”

bù biàn yí ba qǐ dòng zī jīn zhì shǎo liǎng gè yì CURRENT FOCUS

不便宜吧 启动资金 至少 两个亿

“It's not cheap, is it? The startup capital is at least 200 million.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhì yú hòu xù yào kàn shěng lǐ de bō kuǎn qíng kuàng

“As for the follow-up, it depends on the provincial funding.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SPECULATING
Tone: SPECULATIVE
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This project is extraordinarily expensive; do we really have the resources to pull this off?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Budgetary Caution in Public Projects

In Chinese public administration and corporate environments, discussing high capital requirements often carries an implicit call for financial prudence and reliance on higher-level governmental allocations.

INTENT TAGS: #speculating #estimating #seeking_confirmation #evaluating_cost
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不便宜 SPOKEN CHUNK

not cheap; quite expensive

A common understatement used in spoken Chinese to imply that something carries a significant financial burden.

启动资金 SPOKEN CHUNK

startup capital; seed funding

A standard business and project management term for the initial investment required to launch a venture.

至少 SPOKEN CHUNK

at least

Used before numerical figures or conditions to denote a conservative minimum threshold.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion into a polite conjecture, inviting the listener to confirm the estimate.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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