你就说是他亲戚 刚好回来工作 所以这房子
“tell him you're a relative of the owner. As you return to work here, the owner rents”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the owner reminded me. If the former tenant comes to you,”
你就说是 他亲戚 刚好 回来 工作 所以这房子
“tell him you're a relative of the owner. As you return to work here, the owner rents”
“Use this convenient lie so we don't have to deal with the previous tenant causing trouble.”
Using familial relations ('he's a relative') is a classic, socially acceptable excuse in China to reclaim property without escalating interpersonal conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just tell them that...
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to provide someone with a scripted excuse or explanation.
just happened to come back to work
Useful for framing an action as an unexpected coincidence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So what if she's related to him?”
“If he weren't family, I wouldn't have hired him.”
“Yeah. I'm a relative of the owner.”
“I've borrowed money from every possible relative.”
“Since there's a family connection here,”
“We're doing it to get a unit. Can't we do both? No.”