我们跟老秦去教务处闹 是不是还差点被记过了
“We made a fuss at the Academic Affairs Office with Qin, and almost got a demerit, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When the talent class was disbanded, did anyone ask for our opinion?”
我们跟老秦去教务处闹 是不是 还差 点被记过了
“We made a fuss at the Academic Affairs Office with Qin, and almost got a demerit, right?”
最后都变成插班生
“We all ended up as transfer students”
“Remember how hard we tried to fight back? It got us nowhere except nearly ruined.”
Formal disciplinary demerits like 'jiguo' are placed in a student's permanent personal file (dang'an), carrying severe consequences for graduation and future employment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
academic affairs office
A vital campus administrative department in Chinese schools and universities handling curricula, enrollment, and student records.
to record a demerit / disciplinary punishment
Refers to a formal administrative penalty in Chinese schools that goes onto a student's permanent dossier.
almost / nearly
Commonly placed before a verb to indicate that an undesirable outcome was narrowly avoided.
Marks the completed state or realization of nearly receiving the penalty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My dearest Mr. Qin, you can't do that... Shh.”
“Why didn't Mr. Qin give me an autograph? I'll sign one for you.”
“Mr. Qin, a toast to you.”
“When you were in school, did you always snitch to the teacher?”
“isn't everyone in the academy a puppet of Ms. Qin's?”
“You're right.”