都多少年了 听到编制这两个字
“It's been so many years. When you hear "permanent position",”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他来干吗
“What brings him all the way out here?”
都多少年了 听到 编制 这两个字
“It's been so many years. When you hear "permanent position",”
“you act like a dog with a bone.”
“He has zero self-respect; after all these years, he still loses his mind at the slightest whiff of a government job.”
'Bianzhi' refers to the state-sanctioned permanent staffing system, prized for immense stability and social status, but sometimes mocked by others for breeding desperation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's been so many years already
Used to emphasize that an attitude or habit should have changed long ago.
government payroll quota / official establishment position
Refers to secure, lifetime public-sector employment in Chinese institutions.
Marks the completion of a long duration of time, reinforcing the speaker's exasperation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“permanent positions. But since that first six months passed, look at us— what have we been doing?”
“How many years do you mean by "many years"?”
“It's been years. Stop wasting your effort.”
“Why did you assume it's been many years?”
“it's been 20 years, right?”
“You've been here so many years.”