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吨

dūn
HSK 5

English Meaning

ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn]

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
前两天说急需二十吨钢材 你要不要跟他怼呢
HSK 5 00:03
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这刁家村王三娃

“Wang Sanwa from Diaojia Village”

“needs twenty tons of steel for something urgent. Want to talk to him?”

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我把电话给你 你咋知道啊 前两天在这儿打电话

“I have his number. How did you know? He made a call here, and I wrote it down.”

《主角》 · business_and_trade
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恐怕远远不止 五万吨吧
HSK 6 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Your estimate is way too low; the real problem is much bigger.”

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粗略估算

“a rough estimate would suggest”

“it is likely far more than 50,000 tons.”

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而且夜间的行车量 是白天的两到三倍

“And the nighttime traffic volume is two to three times that of the day.”

《生命树》 · workplace
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不是 那工厂机器好几百吨 那不得几十万啊
HSK 6 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“Your price is completely unreasonable, there is no way we can pay that much.”

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运费是一千块一吨 一千块一吨

“The freight is one thousand a ton. One thousand a ton?”

“Wait, the machines in that factory weigh hundreds of tons, won't that be hundreds of thousands?”

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你的条件我接受 具体的事情

“I accept your conditions. For the specific details,”

《八千里路云和月》 · business_and_trade
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