后来吴老板把事务所给关了
“After that, Mr. Wu closed the firm.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当初我就应该让法官判你重刑！
“[father] I should've let the judge find you guilty.”
后来 吴 老板 把 事务所 给 关 了
“After that, Mr. Wu closed the firm.”
他退休之后我也离职
“Soon after that, I retired.”
“Whatever happened in the past is over now; the firm was shut down anyway.”
Switching from an emotionally charged accusation to matter-of-fact chronological storytelling is a common conversational tactic to cool down conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
firm; agency (legal, accounting, etc.)
Standard professional term for partnership practices such as law or accounting firms.
had it closed down; shut it down
The particle '给' here functions as an emphatic marker before the disposal verb, common in spoken Mandarin.
Indicates the completion of an action and the realization of a new state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(Wu Jian, Zhiyuan China) Why don't you brief Ms. Wu on the company's current situation?”
“Mr. Wu, I'm not the one who can decide on collaborations.”
“Ms. Zhao left her contact information and said to contact her when convenient. Forget it.”
“Mr. Wang, you're a wise man.”
“If I close it now, all my hard work will be in vain!”
“why you quit the job at Mr. Ke's place?”