我一直在跟他们解释
“I've been explaining to them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Everything in the factory is up to you.”
我 一直在 跟他们 解释
“I've been explaining to them.”
“You don't like others interfering in your work.”
“I'm not ignoring them; I'm constantly trying to make them understand why I need to run things my way.”
Even when granted full authority in a Chinese workplace, leaders are often expected to 'explain' and smooth over feelings to maintain interpersonal harmony rather than ruling by pure decree.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have been continuously doing something
Placed before a verb to emphasize that an action started in the past and has continued uninterrupted up to the present.
explain to them
In Chinese, 'explain to someone' uses the preposition structure '跟/向 + person + 解释' rather than placing the person after the verb.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I need to brief them on”
“I want to exchange ideas with them properly.”
“I... I'll explain everything clearly.”
“What am I meant to do, bro?”
“I explained it to him before.”
“let me explain.”