如何将功补过?
“How do I make amends?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So I'm giving you a chance to make amends.”
如何 将功补过 ?
“How do I make amends?”
所有人都在这儿了吗?
“Is everyone here?”
“Tell me what you want me to do, and I will obey to save myself.”
In traditional Chinese governance and modern workplace hierarchy, subordinates who fail are often given a chance to perform a difficult task to offset punishment, reinforcing loyalty and indebtedness to the leader.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how; in what way
A formal equivalent of 怎么, used in written Chinese, business, or serious inquiries.
to make amends for one's faults by good deeds
A four-character idiom used in formal or workplace settings when someone wants to redeem themselves after an error.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to make up for it.”
“a chance to make up for your mistakes.”
“we'll count it as making up for it. Do you get what I mean?”
“You can make up for your mistakes”
“you still have a chance to atone for it.”
“Aren't you going to make it up to me?”