连个打下手的人都没有
“I don't even have anyone to lend me a hand.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
催催催 都说了别催了 这就我一人 我都忙不过来
“Stop rushing me. I told you to stop rushing me. I'm the only one here, and I can barely keep up.”
连 个 打下手 的人都 没有
“I don't even have anyone to lend me a hand.”
怎么就你一个人忙着呢
“Why are you working all by yourself?”
“Quit rushing me when nobody is here to help me do the work!”
In Chinese service or domestic settings, 'da xia shou' denotes auxiliary support roles; lacking even an apprentice or assistant is viewed as a sign of harsh understaffing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play a supporting role / to lend a hand with chores
Very common informal term for assisting someone who is taking the lead on a task or cooking.
not even have...
A standard construction to emphasize an extreme lack or absence of something basic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He left without saying goodbye”
“What? Where is everyone?”
“No one brought us in.”
“There was no one else.”
“at the mining camp in the southwest where you'll be sent.”
“You can't even keep an eye on a woman.”