老解他为了夜校的事 也是好几天都没合眼了
“Xie barely slept for days because of the night school.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
书记
“Mr. Zheng.”
老解他为了 夜校 的事 也是 好几天都 没合眼 了
“Xie barely slept for days because of the night school.”
对啊 书记 解镇长 也是为了月海人民着想
“That's true. Mr. Xie was thinking of Yuehai's people.”
“Cut him some slack, he has worked himself to exhaustion for this project.”
In Chinese administrative and workplace culture, highlighting arduous physical effort (Kulao) is often used to mitigate accountability or advocate for a colleague.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of...; concerning the matter of...
A standard framing construction to introduce the cause or focus of someone's efforts.
to close one's eyes; to sleep
Often used in negative constructions like '没合眼' to emphasize extreme fatigue or lack of sleep.
Marks an ongoing change of state or duration up to the present moment, emphasizing accumulated fatigue.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Xie, stop acting like this. Come on!”
“Xie, stop being sarcastic, okay? I don't want it this way.”
“Xie? He won't do. He's too careless.”
“Xie, I disagree. Everything should be canceled.”
“Xie, just speak. Stop fidgeting.”
“But I must emphasize that Xie's intentions were good.”