这开玩笑呢 你们是给政府工作的人
“You must be joking. You work for the government.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It was a misunderstanding. So I came to apologize.”
这 开玩笑呢 你们是给政府 工作 的人
“You must be joking. You work for the government.”
怎么能给我们平头老百姓道歉呢 你看听你说这话
“How can you apologize to common folks like us? Listen to you.”
“You hold official status, so an apology from you makes me uneasy and feels completely unnecessary.”
Traditional social consciousness often treats government personnel as holding superior status, leading ordinary citizens to feel uncomfortable or surprised when receiving formal apologies from officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to joke; to be kidding
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to express disbelief or to dismiss an idea as absurd or unrealistic.
Softens the assertion while underlining a sense of disbelief or rhetorical mildness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you joking,”
“I was just kidding.”
“You're joking? No.”
“Were you joking, or were you serious?”
“I was just kidding.”
“Are you joking?”