他这厂子根本吃不下
“His factory can't handle it at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这可是大单子呀
“That's a huge contract.”
他这厂子 根本 吃不下
“His factory can't handle it at all.”
他添了很多新设备
“He's added a lot of new equipment.”
“Don't even consider him; his factory is way too small to handle this huge volume.”
Chinese commercial slang frequently uses eating metaphors (such as '吃不下' for capacity limits or '吃大户' for living off a wealthy patron) to describe financial absorption.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot take on / unable to absorb (due to limited capacity)
A vivid metaphorical chunk widely used in business contexts to describe a company's inability to handle a massive workload or order.
simply / fundamentally (not)
Used before negative structures to add strong, decisive emphasis to an assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“His factory has been poorly managed these years.”
“I saw the factory getting worse and worse.”
“there must be something wrong with that factory.”
“There must be something wrong with that factory.”
“that our plant isn't doing so well.”
“If the plant falls into the hands of people like you,”