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retaliatory consumption (an explosive rise in consumption after a long period of low or no consumption)   

报复性消费

(bàofùxìnɡxiāofèi) 

A: Yesterday when I went downstairs to buy milk tea, I noticed that a lot of products have quietly increased in price. 

我昨天去楼下买奶茶,发现好多产品悄悄涨价了。

(wǒzuótiān qùlóuxià mǎi nǎichá, fāxiàn hǎoduō chǎnpǐn qiāoqiāo zhǎnɡjià le.) 

B: The shop at the ground floor of your building? Isn't it a franchise? 

你们家楼下那家店？不是连锁的吗？

(nǐmén jiā lóuxià nàjiādiàn? búshì liánsuǒ de ma?)

A: Yup. The employee said that prices have risen in all stores. 

是的。店员说所有门店都涨价了。

(shì de. diànyuán shuō suǒyǒu méndiàn dōu zhǎnɡjià le.)

B: There hasn't been any retaliatory consumption yet, why the price increase? The cost of the epidemic is being placed on the shoulders' of the consumer?

报复性消费还没迎来,这就开始涨价了吗？把疫情损失的成本直接转嫁到消费者身上？

(bàofùxìnɡ xiāofèi háiméi yínɡlái, zhèjiù kāishǐ zhǎnɡjià le ma? bǎ yìqínɡ sǔnshī de chénɡběn zhíjiē zhuǎnjià dào xiāofèizhě shēnshànɡ?)

A: Right now, I've only noticed that the milk tea shop has raised its prices. 

我目前只注意到这家奶茶店涨价了。

(wǒ mùqián zhǐ zhùyì dào zhèjiā nǎichádiàn zhǎnɡjià le.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT