人手太少
“We're too short-staffed,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这你都知道
“You know this.”
人手太少
“We're too short-staffed,”
管片情况那么复杂
“and the area we cover is so complicated.”
“We are stretched too thin to handle everything perfectly.”
Local police officers in China are assigned specific residential precincts ('guanpian') where they must manage everything from petty disputes to population registry, often facing chronic understaffing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
manpower; staff; hands on deck
Specifically refers to the number of people available to do a job or task, often used when discussing shortages.
short-staffed; not enough manpower
A natural, everyday phrase to explain why work is slow or overwhelming in a workplace.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're short-handed.”
“and we're short-staffed,”
“so we must be careful with casting.”
“and civilian movements are all short of hands,”
“Yes. Look at the turnout.”
“But we are short-handed right now.”