拜托他是老板 我就是打工的
“Please, he's the boss. I'm just an employee.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果你要照顾生意的话 我们还是很 他人呢
“[Harmony Brings Prosperity] If you want to talk business, we're very... Where is he?”
拜托 他是 老板 我就是打工的
“Please, he's the boss. I'm just an employee.”
他去哪里不用跟我汇报吧
“He doesn't need to report to me where he goes, right?”
“Stop asking me where he is—I'm just a powerless employee, not his keeper.”
Referring to oneself as '打工的' is a common modern Chinese strategy to deflect liability, stressing that one merely exchanges labor for wages without executive oversight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
come on / please (expressing exasperation)
Used at the start of a sentence to urge the listener to be reasonable when dealing with an unfair or ridiculous expectation.
wage earner / hired hand
A humble, self-deprecating colloquial label used by employees to underline their lack of decision-making power.
Categorizes the speaker as belonging to the group of mere employees, reinforcing their lack of responsibility.
