捞总真的是神人啊 他让我一个礼拜以内
“Mr. Law is impossible. He wants me to come up with a complete game proposal within a week.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“A brief? What is he even saying here?”
捞总 真的是 神人 啊 他让我 一个礼拜以内
“Mr. Law is impossible. He wants me to come up with a complete game proposal within a week.”
“to come up with a complete game proposal within a week. How is that possible? No.”
“My boss is completely out of his mind to expect me to deliver this in a week.”
Calling a boss or colleague '神人' (miracle worker/deity) allows Chinese professionals to safely vent outrage over absurd deadlines without using explicit insults.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a miracle worker; an extraordinary person (often used ironically)
Literally means 'godlike person', but in workplace slang it is almost always deployed ironically to mock somebody whose logic or demands are bizarre or unrealistic.
within one week
A colloquial alternative to '一周之内', extremely common in spoken time constraints.
Adds emotional emphasis and exasperation to the sarcastic compliment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“According to you, these guys are practically psychic.”
“He's a mysterious person around here. He always hangs around this place when he has nothing to do.”
“would attract a lot of people, and it really did!”
“Still winning? Awesome. Awesome.”
“That's amazing.”
“I've had men guarding near Penglai Pool. It can't be.”