| 谈判桌 | tan2 pan4 zhuo1 | negotiating table |
| 要谎 | yao4 huang3 | to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) |
| 在谈判桌上 | zai4 tan2 pan4 zhuo1 shang4 | at the negotiating table |
| 谈下去 | tan2 xia4 qu5 | to keep on discussing |
| 让畔 | rang4 pan4 | to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field |