然后我就琢磨着 把这产能往上扩一扩
“So I'm thinking of expanding the capacity a bit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就一个问题 就是这个矿的 产能不足
“There's just one problem. It's simply that the mine's production capacity is insufficient.”
然后我就 琢磨着 把这产能往上扩一扩
“So I'm thinking of expanding the capacity a bit.”
两百 就两百 两百万吨 林市长 您看 行不行啊
“Two. Just two. Two million tons. Mayor Lin, what do you think? Is that okay?”
“I want to significantly boost output, but I need your green light first.”
Business leaders in China often frame major commercial requests with humble, tentative phrasing like 'pondering' and 'expanding a little' to gauge government support respectfully.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pondering, turning over in one's mind
A common colloquial verb used when softly introducing one's tentative plans or private thoughts.
expand a little
Reduplication with 一 that softens the magnitude of an expansion to make it sound less demanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they're still thinking about expanding capacity. How is that possible?”
“This production capacity issue is indeed very important.”
“I insisted on expanding production? I did it all for Yuehai's development”
“but they do need to overcome the production capacity issue we discussed earlier.”
“you can add inside the booth. We'll start mass production as soon as possible.”
“your business can expand as much as you want.”