你非要在这个时候 惹领导不高兴吗
“Do you have to upset the leadership right now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
以后要是再提拔 往上走的人就是你了
“If there's another promotion coming up, it'll be you.”
你 非要 在这 个时候 惹领导不高兴 吗
“Do you have to upset the leadership right now?”
建设明年就毕业了 我还指望你托人 给他在市里
“Jianshe is graduating next year. I was hoping you could pull some strings to find him an internship”
“Stop being stubborn; do not ruin our family's future and your promotion by offending your boss.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and family culture, offending a leader jeopardizes not just one's own career ladder but also critical networking leverage needed to help family members secure employment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on; stubbornly persist in
Used to express annoyance at someone stubbornly doing something ill-advised or inconvenient.
to provoke someone and make them unhappy
A common colloquial pattern for offending or angering a superior, elder, or partner.
Converts the statement into a rhetorical question expressing strong disapproval and reproach.
