你只是来打工的 你不知道吗
“You are just an employee here. Don't you know that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Did I hire you as head of the publicity department or my agent?”
你只是 来打工的 你不知道吗
“You are just an employee here. Don't you know that?”
“I said no. Don't you understand?”
“Know your place and stop meddling in things way above your pay grade.”
In hierarchical Chinese workplaces, overstepping one's assigned rank is heavily frowned upon, and superiors may bluntly remind subordinates of their subordinate identity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hired hand; wage earner; mere employee
Can be self-deprecating when talking about oneself, but highly derogatory when used by a superior to put a subordinate down.
don't you know?; aren't you aware?
A sharp rhetorical question used in spoken Chinese to criticize ignorance or improper behavior.
Forms a nominal phrase identifying the listener's category or low status.
Marks the rhetorical question, sharpening the confrontational edge.
