每次要拖到 四五个月才给 我想在队里
“yet we have to wait four or five months just to see a single cent. I wanted to pass the adult self-study exam”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
县里给的钱花光了 一个月 两百块钱的工资
“The county's funding is gone. Our monthly salary is only two hundred yuan,”
每次要拖到 四五个月才给 我想在队里
“yet we have to wait four or five months just to see a single cent. I wanted to pass the adult self-study exam”
考上成人自考 以后当不了经理 就当个办事人员
“while on the team. If I couldn't be a manager later, being an office clerk”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historically in grassroots work units or state-backed projects, funding shortfalls often led to chronic salary delays that workers had to endure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
drag out until / delay until
Use when describing payments, deadlines, or events that are repeatedly postponed.
in the team / within the work unit
Commonly used in traditional Chinese institutions or athletic/work brigades to refer to one's base unit.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“One more week. You can't postpone anymore.”
“Now with this family causing trouble, who knows how long it'll drag on again?”
“Trying to buy more time? Yeah. So what?”
“When are you going to stop stalling?”
“Let him stay in the team for a few days to get used the environment.”
“I always ended up being a burden for you.”