你电话里边 怎么跟我说的呀你 你不说
“What did you promise me on the phone? Didn't you say all names were reviewed by Ms. Li?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你 电话 里边 怎么跟我说的呀 你 你不说
“What did you promise me on the phone? Didn't you say all names were reviewed by Ms. Li?”
“Didn't you say all names were reviewed by Ms. Li? You're getting bold, huh?”
“You lied to me over the phone and did your own thing behind my back.”
In Chinese administrative work culture, bypassing a superior's verbal agreement or misrepresenting facts is seen as a serious breach of organizational discipline.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
over the phone
A very natural spoken way to refer to what was discussed during a phone call.
what did you tell me
Used rhetorically when confronting someone who contradicted their previous promises.
Softens the acoustic harshness while increasing the rhetorical pressure of the question.
