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《The Knockout》 S1·E21 (25:24) HSK 6
jìn huò jià bǐ yǐ qián pián yi yí bàn hái bù zhǐ

进货价比以前便宜一半 还不止

“The purchase price is half cheaper than normal. Even more than that.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 25:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jìn xiǎo líng tōng

进小灵通

“to buy PHS.”

jìn huò jià bǐ yǐ qián pián yi yí bàn hái bù zhǐ CURRENT FOCUS

进货 价比 以前 便宜一半 还不止

“The purchase price is half cheaper than normal. Even more than that.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà hǎo wǒ jiù dùn le jǐ shí wàn tái

那好 我就囤了几十万台

“Well then I stocked up hundreds of thousands of them.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PITCHING AN OPPORTUNITY
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: EXCITEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This profit margin is insane, we would be fools not to jump on it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Arbitrage Mentality in Chinese Commerce

In Chinese entrepreneurial culture, acting decisively on sudden price differences ('daohuo' or stockpiling cheap inventory) is seen as a key pathway to rapid wealth creation.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #business_pitch #cost_analysis #opportunity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
进货价 SPOKEN CHUNK

wholesale price / purchase cost

Essential term in retail and business when negotiating the buying cost of inventory.

还不止 SPOKEN CHUNK

and even more than that / not just that

Used at the end of a clause to emphasize that an estimate or comparison is understated.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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