给你争取时间去解决问题
“and bought you time to solve it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我一直相信你
“I've always believed in you”
给你 争取时间 去 解决问题
“and bought you time to solve it.”
你倒好
“And look at you.”
“I stuck my neck out to give you a chance, and you completely blew it.”
Superiors in Chinese workplaces often frame leeway as personal favors, intensifying the subordinate's moral obligation to succeed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to buy time / to gain time
A highly common collocation used in both business and daily life when delaying a deadline to solve an issue.
to solve problems / to troubleshoot
Standard professional collocation for fixing issues or handling crises.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to help me fix a bug,”
“Then, the problem will be easily solved.”
“to buy you some time.”
“Deal with it quickly.”
“until the result comes out?”