几两是便宜了点
“A few taels do sound a bit too cheap.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是啊 是啊
“Yeah, exactly.”
几两是 便宜了 点
“A few taels do sound a bit too cheap.”
三十两
“Thirty taels.”
“You are underpaying; offer me something substantially higher.”
In commercial exchanges, subtle understatements like 'a bit cheap' are preferred over blunt refusals to maintain rapport during negotiation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a bit too cheap
A common conversational phrase used during bargaining to signal that an offer is insufficient without sounding overly aggressive.
Functions in conjunction with '点' (便宜了点) to convey an excess or deviation from expectations, softening the evaluation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It must have been expensive, right?”
“Compared to the list price, it's already much cheaper.”
“Can you make it cheaper?”
“This thing isn't cheap, is it? Of course not.”
“Can you make it a bit cheaper?”
“we can go easy on you.”