那后来我们领导也说我了 那说不定人家老程
“Later, my supervisor told me, "Maybe Cheng just felt cold suddenly."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
发生些小矛盾
“Caused some friction.”
那后来我们 领导 也说我了 那 说不定 人家 老程
“Later, my supervisor told me, "Maybe Cheng just felt cold suddenly."”
突然嫌冷了呢
“"Maybe Cheng just felt cold suddenly."”
“I already got chewed out for it, and maybe it wasn't even my fault—he might have had his own reasons.”
Admitting that a '领导' (leader/boss) criticized you is often used strategically in Chinese workplaces to signal that accountability has already occurred and to close the issue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
criticized me / gave me a talking-to
A colloquial way in mainland Chinese workplaces to express that a superior or elder scolded or reprimanded someone.
perhaps / maybe / quite possibly
Used to introduce an alternative conjecture or possibility in casual speech.
Indicates the completion of an action and conveys the speaker's resignation to the fact that the scolding already took place.
