他是那会儿陪客户喝酒 喝大了
“that he was drinking with clients, had too much,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听说啊 我是听说
“I heard, just rumors,”
他 是 那会儿 陪客户 喝酒 喝大了
“that he was drinking with clients, had too much,”
一下给自己呛死
“and choked to death right there.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Social entertaining (yingchou) frequently compels professionals to drink heavily with clients to establish trust and close deals, sometimes posing serious health hazards.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
got completely wasted; drank way too much
Common Northern colloquialism for heavy drunkenness, equivalent to '喝醉了' but more conversational.
accompany clients (often for dining or entertainment)
A standard phrase describing business socializing and entertaining in Chinese business culture.
Indicates a change of state, signifying that the person became thoroughly intoxicated.
