我不是早就跟你说过了吗 你工作上的事情
“Didn't I tell you before? When it comes to work,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You work as a designated driver but I can't even find you at your office.”
我不是 早就跟你说 过了吗 你 工作上的事 情
“Didn't I tell you before? When it comes to work,”
“you can decide everything yourself.”
“Stop tracking me down for every little thing; make your own decisions.”
In progressive modern Chinese workplaces, hands-off leaders expect autonomy from subordinates rather than frequent reporting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't I already... long ago?
A rhetorical pattern used to signal slight impatience that an instruction is being unnecessarily revisited.
matters related to work
A standard spoken frame for categorizing topic domains before giving instructions.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting that the listener should already know the answer.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You clearly haven't done much persuasion work.”
“Didn't I tell you? I'm working.”
“I can tell you've never done any counseling.”
“I told you”
“I've told you earlier.”