这 这太贵重了
“This is too valuable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Just call me Cai. No need for the formality.”
这 这 太贵重了
“This is too valuable.”
您放心
“Rest assured.”
“This is way too generous, and accepting it puts me under an uncomfortable obligation.”
In Chinese gift-giving culture, recipients are socially expected to decline an expensive gift at least once or twice to avoid appearing greedy before finally accepting it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
too valuable / too precious
A standard, polite formula used when receiving an expensive gift to show courtesy before accepting or declining.
Functions as a marker of excess when paired with '太', emphasizing that the threshold of acceptability has been crossed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. He, this is too generous.”
“That... that is quite a good attitude.”
“That increases the price.”
“is truly precious.”
“This is expensive.”