让他当个经理什么的 当经理不可能
“Make him a manager or something. Manager is out of the question.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“then arrange a job for him at your company.”
让他当个经理 什么的 当经理 不可能
“Make him a manager or something. Manager is out of the question.”
但我还在招保安
“But I'm still hiring security guards.”
“He does not have the qualifications to manage anyone, so forget it.”
When personal favors clash with corporate hierarchy, professionals often have to firmly resist pressure to award unearned managerial titles to acquaintances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
serve as a manager or something similar
The suffix '什么的' adds a casual, slightly dismissive tone toward the category being discussed.
impossible / out of the question
Used for direct, non-negotiable refusals or denials in spoken Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he can be promoted to manager, right? Of course.”
“you might even be promoted straight to manager.”
“to build a persona as a gold-medal manager.”
“How could she be a lobby manager?”
“Where did you get this”
“Just be Manager Xia forever?”