你看到总经理的脸色没有
“did you see Mr. Ji's face?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高总
“Mr. Gao,”
你看 到总经理的脸色 没有
“did you see Mr. Ji's face?”
那几大车东西
“With all those carts of stuff,”
“The boss is furious, we are in deep trouble.”
Interpreting subtle facial cues of superiors is a critical survival skill in hierarchical Chinese workplaces.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to read someone's facial expression or mood
A fundamental workplace collocation referring to gauging a superior's emotional state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“this girl doesn't even like the general manager.”
“depends on the leaders, right? That's true.”
“I have a good impression of this general manager.”
“That's the general manager's seat.”
“Isn't the general manager's signature here? [Fund Review Form] [GM Signature: Ji Feng]”
“The owner there was clearly acting strange.”