我现在 就跟逃兵差不多 你不需要用一班岗
“I'm close to a deserter now. You don't need a shift”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
按照我哥的话来说
“Like my brother says,”
我现在 就 跟逃兵差不多 你 不需要 用一班岗
“I'm close to a deserter now. You don't need a shift”
来证明你的能力
“to prove yourself.”
“Don't bother pushing yourself so hard for my sake; I'm not worth proving anything to.”
Lowering one's own standing (comparing oneself to a deserter) is a common pragmatic device in Chinese culture to release the listener from social debt or unnecessary pressure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
more or less / about the same
Widely used to approximate conditions or compare situations loosely.
a single shift of guard duty
Military measure word collocation meaning one shift of standing sentry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How can he dodge the draft?”
“Deserter! You are a soldier. What are you doing? You are paid by the country!”
“If you do, you're a deserter.”
“You are the deserter.”
“I wasn't asking you to be a deserter.”
“You have the nerve to call me a deserter?”