咱们人手不够
“We're short-handed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
布控难度大
“and hard to secure.”
咱们 人手不够
“We're short-handed.”
你速向县大队借人增援
“Request backup from the county brigade immediately.”
“We can't pull this mission off alone; we need more people right away.”
Using 'zanmen' emphasizes unity and shared responsibility between the speaker and listener when facing a shared dilemma.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
short-handed / lack sufficient manpower
A practical workplace and operational phrase used to indicate an urgent need for additional personnel.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're too short-staffed,”
“and we're short-staffed,”
“But we are short-handed right now.”
“But my manpower is limited.”
“And maybe some more manpower.”
“and civilian movements are all short of hands,”