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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E26 (12:19) HSK 3
wǒ bú shì zhǎo nǐ jiè sān shí wàn

我不是找你借三十万

“I'm not asking to borrow 300,000 from you.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 12:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ néng qiàn sān shí wàn

你能欠三十万

“How could you owe 300,000?”

wǒ bú shì zhǎo nǐ jiè sān shí wàn CURRENT FOCUS

我不是 找你借 三十万

“I'm not asking to borrow 300,000 from you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ shì xiǎng gēn nǐ yī kuài ér zuò shēng yì

“I want to do business with you”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CLARIFICATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't panic, I am proposing a lucrative business deal, not begging for money.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face in Financial Requests

Directly borrowing money can damage social standing; framing the request as a collaborative business partnership mitigates embarrassment and preserves dignity.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #reframing #persuasion #business_pitch
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不是…… SPOKEN CHUNK

it is not that...

Commonly used at the start of a sentence to refute an assumption and set up a clarification.

找你借 SPOKEN CHUNK

borrow from you

A colloquial way to express asking someone for a loan or to borrow an object.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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