那房东交代了啊 要是原来那租客 找上门来
“the owner reminded me. If the former tenant comes to you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对了
“By the way,”
那 房东 交代了 啊 要是 原来 那租客 找上门来
“the owner reminded me. If the former tenant comes to you,”
“tell him you're a relative of the owner. As you return to work here, the owner rents”
“Heads up: if the old tenant comes looking for trouble, stick to the cover story we were given.”
Claiming that an apartment is reserved for 'returning relatives' is a classic, non-confrontational Chinese excuse used by landlords to smoothly terminate or deny leases.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to instruct / to give orders / to brief
Used when conveying specific directives or precautions passed down from someone with authority or ownership.
to come knocking / to confront someone at their door
Describes someone arriving uninvited to demand explanations or resolve a dispute.
Draws immediate attention to the important instruction being passed along.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(Why do I always end up running into this landlord?)”
“If I could have a nice landlord, that would be even better.”
“When I was the landlady, that's how you acted as my tenant.”
“Was it because of our landlord-tenant relationship that you gave me a shortcut?”
“When you were the landlady, you slept in that room.”
“Now I'm the landlord.”