确实因不善经营
“sold an apothecary”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
外臣
“I”
确实 因 不善经营
“sold an apothecary”
“It was purely an ordinary business failure on my part, nothing suspicious.”
Attributing a failure or suspicious move to one's own lack of skill (不善经营) is a classic rhetorical strategy to deflect scrutiny and preserve peace in formal Chinese interactions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
indeed / truly
Used to validate a previous assertion or frankly acknowledge a fact.
poor at business management
A formal, self-deprecating idiom used to explain financial or operational failure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your shop was poorly managed.”
“but business was slow, and no one wanted to take it.”
“The store has been losing money.”
“His factory has been poorly managed these years.”
“let this shop keep going down.”
“our plant's performance started going downhill.”