不就是会抱领导大腿吗
“So what if you're good at currying favor with management?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不就是一个领班吗
“Aren't you just a forewoman?”
不就是 会 抱领导大腿 吗
“So what if you're good at currying favor with management?”
我告诉你
“Let me tell you,”
“They have zero real talent and only got ahead by sucking up to the boss.”
Cultivating informal personal patron-client ties with superiors is a recognized, though often resentfully critiqued, shortcut to career advancement in Chinese corporate environments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it just; nothing more than
Use this rhetorical pattern to belittle or downplay the importance or difficulty of something.
to latch onto an influential figure; to flatter someone powerful for personal gain
A highly common informal idiom used to describe riding someone's coattails or sycophancy.
Marks a rhetorical question that aggressively demands agreement with an obvious or sarcastic point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't just curry favor with others all the time.”
“If I hadn't carried his legs just now, would you have handled it alone?”
“If you were my leader, you'd support me, right?”
“Why were you with that official?”
“Are there any leaders backing them up?”
“I'm going to ride your coattails now.”