你们睡在哪 我管不了 但不能睡在厂办
“Where you sleep is none of my concern. You can't sleep in the office!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you expect us to sleep on the street?”
你们睡 在哪 我 管不了 但 不能睡在 厂办
“Where you sleep is none of my concern. You can't sleep in the office!”
冯琳
“Feng Lin.”
“Your housing problems are not my responsibility, and you definitely cannot turn my office into your bedroom.”
In state-owned work units (danwei), employees expected leadership to provide housing, leading to confrontations when facilities were insufficient.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I can't control / it is beyond my authority / not my business
Common spoken idiom used to explicitly disclaim responsibility or power over a situation.
factory administrative office
Abbreviation of 厂长办公室, standard shorthand in state-owned enterprises for administrative offices.
Follows the verb complement to indicate an inability or impossibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“where should I sleep? Pay up first. Food and accommodation fee.”
“Can you fall asleep when I'm not here?”
“when you sleep in that bed without thinking about him anymore,”
“If you have trouble falling asleep, you could give it a try.”
“I know there's room. I just don't want you sleeping poorly.”
“Come to sleep on the floor. I'll sleep in the bed.”