你跟黄主任说说情
“Put in a word with Director Huang.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
啥事
“What is it?”
你跟黄 主任 说说情
“Put in a word with Director Huang.”
“Ask him to tell the police to let my uncle out.”
“You have influence with Director Huang, so please pull strings to bail my uncle out.”
In Chinese social practice, 'shuoqing' refers to leveraging personal relationships with authority figures to seek leniency or bypass formal bureaucratic procedures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
plead for mercy; put in a good word; intercede
A very common colloquial expression used when asking someone to leverage their personal relationship to resolve an issue.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“To get answers from Director Huang. Go.”
“I'll tell Director Huang.”
“Director Huang got the worst of it.”
“Let's have Director Huang set the tone for us first.”
“it'll be like giving Director Huang a layer of protection, you know?”
“Let's welcome Director Huang to speak.”