拿人开刀缺人手
“not having enough people to make an example of.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我正愁着
“I was just worrying about”
拿人开刀 缺人手
“not having enough people to make an example of.”
放手去办 其他的不用考虑
“Go ahead and handle it. Don't worry about anything else.”
“I want to make an example out of them, but I need your backing and more loyal people to pull it off.”
In Chinese managerial culture, cracking down hard on an initial violator ('making an incision') is a common tactic to re-establish discipline across the entire organization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make an example of someone; to target someone for disciplinary action
A vivid colloquial metaphor used in political, managerial, or legal settings to describe singling out a culprit to set a precedent.
short-handed; lacking personnel
A standard phrase used in business and everyday work to describe an insufficient workforce.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(I'm using it to save people.)”
“in order to kill me?”
“Why is that person carrying a sword?”
“♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪ You won't even be able to lift a blade.”
“yet we're already falling out with each other.”
“had his throat slit by a single sword stroke.”