就想说今天请公司同事喝酒
“I'm buying the staff drinks tonight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好的不得了
“Couldn't have gone better.”
就想说 今天 请 公司 同事 喝酒
“I'm buying the staff drinks tonight.”
慰劳他们一下
“Thank them for the hard work.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Buying food or drinks for team members is a vital social lubricant in Chinese corporate culture to build harmony and reward effort.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat someone to drinks
A staple social collocation indicating one will pick up the tab for alcoholic drinks.
was just thinking; thought I'd
A conversational framing device used frequently in spoken Mandarin to introduce an informal idea or impulse.