我听说你得罪沈默了
“I heard you offended Shen Mo.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What is it now? I'm busy.”
我听说 你 得罪 沈默了
“I heard you offended Shen Mo.”
他在公司
“At the office,”
“You might be in trouble; what did you do to upset Shen Mo?”
Offending others (得罪人), especially those with influence, is considered a significant hazard in Chinese organizational culture, often prompting urgent private inquiries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to offend / to displease someone
A key cultural term used when someone breaches interpersonal harmony or upsets a powerful person.
Marks a completed event or newly realized state of having offended someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it's impossible to say we haven't offended anyone.”
“yet you trusted slander, pinned a false charge on him,”
“Who knows whom she offended?”
“You'll suffer then.”
“If you offend him, you might lose more than just the business.”
“if I offended any important leader?”