这上头是不是 不打算再提拔您了呀
“Are the higher-ups not planning to promote you anymore?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟我们一起遭这罪
“And you had to come out here and go through this with us.”
这上头 是不是 不打算再提拔 您了呀
“Are the higher-ups not planning to promote you anymore?”
没长眼呀你 行行
“Are you blind? Alright, alright.”
“Face reality, you've been sidelined and your career is dead in the water.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and corporate environments, discussing stalled promotions directly damages the listener's 'face' (mianzi) and is considered socially risky.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
higher leadership; higher-ups
A common colloquial workplace term referring vaguely to superiors or top management.
to promote (someone)
Used when a senior official or manager elevates a subordinate to a higher post.
Softens the blunt inquiry while making the invasive question sound more casual.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you even want that promotion or not?”
“or that you are unwilling?”
“Otherwise, I'm losing not only my job”
“she just needed to go on the stage during the performance.”
“Are you quitting too?”
“He might even get dismissed.”