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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E9 (13:54) HSK 3
wǒ tīng xiǎo lè shuō zhè zhǒng xiǎo cāng shǔ hǎo xiàng hái tǐng guì de

我听小乐说 这种小仓鼠好像还挺贵的

“Jiale told me this kind of hamster is quite expensive.”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 13:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bǎ qián gěi nǐ

我把钱给你

“I'll pay you.”

wǒ tīng xiǎo lè shuō zhè zhǒng xiǎo cāng shǔ hǎo xiàng hái tǐng guì de CURRENT FOCUS

我 听 小乐说 这种小仓鼠好像还挺贵的

“Jiale told me this kind of hamster is quite expensive.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì tǐng guì de

是挺贵的

“It's indeed quite expensive.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INDIRECT INQUIRY
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I heard these aren't cheap, so let's make sure the cost is handled fairly.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Indirectness in Financial Matters (谈钱委婉)

Directly discussing money between acquaintances is often softened by citing third-party knowledge to avoid appearing calculating or blunt.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #hedging #softening #inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
挺贵的 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite expensive

A colloquial way to describe high price without sounding overly dramatic.

好像还 SPOKEN CHUNK

seems to be still / surprisingly

Used to soften an assertion by adding epistemic uncertainty.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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