张院长 不要这样 先起来
“Director Zhang! Don't do this. Stand up first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
生命安全
“safety.”
张院长 不要这样 先起来
“Director Zhang! Don't do this. Stand up first.”
“Please stand up. We absolutely cannot let Duojie die away from home.”
“Please don't kneel or beg like this, it puts too much moral weight on me and we need to handle the problem rationally.”
Kneeling in Chinese society carries enormous emotional and moral weight; an elder kneeling before an equal or junior forces compliance by invoking immense moral guilt (zhesou).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't do this / please stop acting like this
Used to discourage someone from engaging in dramatic, socially awkward, or overly self-abasing actions.
stand up first / get up first
Commonly said to someone who has knelt down, collapsed, or bowed excessively out of desperation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Director Zhang has been applying for it for a year now.”
“You have to tell Director Zhang first”
“Director Zhang. We're borrowing your home for awhile.”
“Director Zhang never praised me.”
“Now, let's invite Director Zhang to explain to everyone”
“You... Director Zhang was here just now, so I didn't want to bring it up.”