我赶了 你怎么赶的
“I tried. How did you try?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He refuses to leave. But you can kick him out.”
我赶了 你 怎么赶的
“I tried. How did you try?”
“I had accounts stop paying his wages.”
“Do not blame me—I already tried, and your way probably was not any better.”
Firing or evicting someone who stubbornly refuses to leave often requires administrative pressure, such as cutting pay via the bookkeeper.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
chase him away / kick him out
Common spoken expression used when forcibly making someone leave a place or firing them abruptly.
Indicates completion of the action, emphasizing that the speaker has already made the attempt.
Used in the 'shi...de' construction to inquire specifically about the manner or method of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we hurried all the way yet only caught the tail end.”
“Didn't I come over right away as soon as I finished?”
“to report it.”
“Why were you running so fast? I can't catch up with you no matter how hard I try.”
“but now he's ahead of you.”
“Look, I came all this way.”