时不时就得紧紧皮
“your subordinates.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对待下面的人啊
“You have to be strict to”
时不时就得 紧紧皮
“your subordinates.”
省得呢
“Otherwise,”
“You need to keep your subordinates in line by putting pressure on them regularly.”
In traditional Chinese bureaucratic culture, maintaining discipline requires proactive, periodic tightening of rules (紧皮) to prevent insubordination or laziness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
from time to time; occasionally
Used to describe habitual actions that occur intermittently.
tighten someone's skin; discipline or straighten someone out
A colloquial northern idiom used metaphorically to mean disciplining subordinates or children to prevent complacency.