我警告过贝太太 别对你动手动脚 是她不听的
“I warned Mrs. Bei not to lay a finger on you. She refused to listen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那也不是你举报他的理由啊
“But that's not a reason for you to report him.”
我 警告 过贝太太 别对你 动手动脚 是 她 不听 的
“I warned Mrs. Bei not to lay a finger on you. She refused to listen.”
我不是靠名声和人缘 留在公司拿工资的
“I don't rely on reputation or connections to keep my job or earn my salary.”
“I did the right thing to protect you, so don't blame me for the fallout.”
Subordinates or whistleblowers in Chinese workplaces often face backlash when reporting influential superiors or clients, as disrupting interpersonal harmony (人缘) is traditionally feared.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to get physically handsy; to make unwanted physical contact
An idiomatic expression describing inappropriate physical touching or sexual harassment.
have already warned
Used to establish that an explicit prior boundary or notice had been established.
Placed at the end of the clause to reinforce conviction and factual certainty about the other party's stubbornness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Whatever tricks Mrs. Bei pulled don't really affect me.”
“Mrs. Bei found out.”
“Mrs. Bei told you, didn't she? The one thing I didn't expect in all of this”
“I originally wanted Mrs. Bei and Lawyer Bei to be witnesses.”
“Mrs. Bei.”
“I think Mrs. Bei already knows.”