还要跟那些墨商们打交道
“You also need to deal with those ink merchants.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“relying solely on ink-making is absolutely not enough.”
还要 跟那些墨商们 打交道
“You also need to deal with those ink merchants.”
我代为掌家的这几日
“In the past few days, as the acting manager of the family,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese commerce, production skill alone is insufficient; navigating interpersonal relations and trade networks (guanxi) is critical to keeping a family trade alive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to interact with; to deal with someone
A very common pattern used when talking about establishing contact, negotiating, or regularly interacting with specific groups or individuals.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did you and those ink merchants collude long ago,”
“have those ink merchants who caused trouble been dealt with? It's all settled.”
“It'll cause loss of regular clients and reduce the morale of our employees.”
“as my bargaining chip with the other workshops.”
“It took me a lot of effort to get this ink.”
“No matter what, Benchang should be the ink workshop's acting manager”