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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E11 (05:09) HSK 1
sān bǎi mài bù mài tài shǎo le ba

三百卖不卖 太少了吧

“take 300. Too little.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 05:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ wèn wèn tā

你问问他

“Ask if he'll”

sān bǎi mài bù mài tài shǎo le ba CURRENT FOCUS

三百卖 不卖 太少了吧

“take 300. Too little.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duō le zán yě méi yǒu a

多了咱也没有啊

“We have no more.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: BARGAINING
Tone: TENTATIVE AND TESTING
Emotion: HESITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Would you take 300? I know it's a lowball offer, but that's my budget.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Market Bargaining Tactics (Kanjia)

In traditional Chinese bazaar bargaining, buyers often lowball deliberately while using self-deprecating or sympathetic comments to test the seller's true baseline without causing offense.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #lowballing #hedging #negotiation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
卖不卖 SPOKEN CHUNK

will you sell it or not?

A colloquial affirmative-negative question commonly used in street markets to propose a price.

太少了吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't that too little?

Used to express doubt about an amount being sufficient, softening the assessment.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the blunt judgment 'too little', turning it into a tentative observation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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