可是谁也管不了他 对吧 他一干起活来 废寝忘食
“But he doesn't listen to us. Once he works, he forgets everything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We're all worried about Lin Dongfu's health.”
可是 谁也 管不了 他 对吧 他一干起活来 废寝忘食
“But he doesn't listen to us. Once he works, he forgets everything.”
“I know you're exhausted juggling both sides.”
“We all know he is overworking, but you cannot talk someone that dedicated out of doing his job.”
Sacrificing personal health and meals for public work is frequently depicted as an admirable trait of model cadres in Chinese organizational culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to control / can't manage
Used to express lack of authority or inability to influence someone's behavior.
forgetting food and sleep; completely immersed in work
A standard four-character idiom (chengyu) praising extreme dedication and diligence.
Occurring in '对吧', it seeks confirmation and consensus from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(with your stuff.) Who's that?”
“You can't control anyone now, so you just keep hitting me, right?”
“I don't care what he tells you—”
“Is there no one to keep them in check? Someone will deal with them sooner or later.”
“I can't control what they say; I can only control what they eat.”
“No one's there to nag me anymore.”