给上面简报还没写完呢
“about that suicide case I'm the liaison for.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
帮我做个笔录 没空呢 哥 我当联络员那自杀案
“[Reception Area] help me take a statement. I don't have time, bro. I haven't even finished the briefing for the higher-ups”
给上面简报 还没写完呢
“about that suicide case I'm the liaison for.”
你看你这一身肉
“Look at all this fat on you.”
“I can't help you; my bosses are breathing down my neck to finish this report first.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and corporate workplaces, invoking demands from higher-ups serves as an unchallengeable and face-saving justification to turn down peer requests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
higher-ups; leadership; superiors
Commonly used in workplace contexts to refer obliquely to higher management or supervising government authorities.
haven't finished writing yet
A natural spoken phrase used to decline tasks or explain delays by citing unfinished work.
Emphasizes the ongoing and incomplete nature of the task, reinforcing the validity of the excuse.
