我可没那么大的本事
“I wasn't so capable...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
顺便把人推到领班的位置上
“Then you just helped with her promotion to forewoman?”
我可没 那么大的 本事
“I wasn't so capable...”
把一个刚来一个月
“as to help an attendant who got”
“Do not pin this on me; I do not have the power to pull off such favoritism even if I wanted to.”
Downplaying one's personal capability ('本事') is a common strategy in Chinese workplaces to deflect jealousy or accusations of playing backstage politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not having that much ability or influence
A common colloquial phrase used to modestly downplay one's power or sarcastically push back against accusations of pulling strings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“nor do I have the ability to make everyone's lives better.”
“I don't remember that. Was I that remarkable?”
“It's not like that.”
“I'm not that capable. She was cremated to ashes.”