师父 要不你退休之前 你再帮我招点人
“Mentor, how about you help me recruit some people before you retire?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I have no subordinates now. What's the point of me being the Director?”
师父 要不 你退休之前 你再帮我 招点人
“Mentor, how about you help me recruit some people before you retire?”
自己想办法
“Figure it out yourself.”
“Don't leave me stranded all alone without any staff to manage.”
In Chinese organizational culture, it is common to ask a retiring senior colleague to utilize their final administrative authority and connections to settle practical issues.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how about, what if, alternatively
A colloquial way to soften a suggestion or put forward a tentative proposal.
recruit some people, hire staff
Spoken workplace phrase for hiring personnel, where '点' softens the amount requested.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Master, let me find my own place. Don't worry about it.”
“Old man, you only took a disciple for this, didn't you?”
“What are you doing? You scared us to death.”
“Mentor. What is it? Are you alone?”
“- Sir. - It hurts. Where are you? Where else can I be?”
“Mentor, you told me”