要不是因为你是元老 没让你赔偿公司损失
“If you weren't a veteran, we would have”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Then how can you just deduct my salary like that? Qiang.”
要不是因为 你 是 元老 没让你 赔偿 公司损失
“If you weren't a veteran, we would have”
“let you pay for the damages. That's impossible. You're being unreasonable.”
“Be grateful you still have a job; you caused massive losses and I am already doing you a huge favor.”
Seniority (being a 'yuanlao') often earns personal leeway (renqing) in Chinese workplaces, though management will invoke this privilege to silence further complaints.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it were not for
Used to introduce a counterfactual premise explaining why an alternative, worse outcome did not happen.
founding member / veteran
Refers to long-serving, respected individuals in an organization or company.
compensate for company losses
A formal and legalistic workplace collocation used when assigning financial liability.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You took the hit for the company. Fair's fair.”
“I will cover all damages.”
“Mr. Ma, don't be sad.”
“If the compensation is good enough, just accept it.”
“So I'd rather get nothing”
“she wouldn't even have taken the compensation.”