纪总您新官上任
“you've just taken office,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们晓得
“We know”
纪总您 新官上任
“you've just taken office,”
这火气烧得比较旺
“so you're sweeping clean.”
“You are just throwing your weight around because you are new to the job, so please calm down.”
Refers to the Chinese cultural expectation that newly appointed leaders will make drastic changes or show strictness early on to establish authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a newly appointed official taking office
Commonly drawn from the idiom 'a new broom sweeps clean' (新官上任三把火), describing aggressive initial moves by new managers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Ji, what brings you here?”
“Mr. Ji is under a lot of pressure.”
“you had such tricks up your sleeve.”
“Mr. Ji, you've seen a lot of the world outside.”
“[Purong Hotel] Mr. Ji, regarding my skills,”
“Mr. Ji, we can't reach the guest speaker now.”