别让你们老板为难
“Don't make things difficult for your boss.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
店里人手不够
“We're short-handed.”
别让你们 老板 为难
“Don't make things difficult for your boss.”
我回去了 你们呢
“I'm going back. What about you?”
“Be sensible and wrap this up so you don't cause trouble for the boss.”
Showing consideration ('ti liang') for a boss's or elder's constraints is a key social virtue in Chinese workplace hierarchies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make things difficult for / put in an awkward spot
Crucial interpersonal vocabulary describing causing embarrassment or dilemma to another person.
don't let / don't make
A common causative prohibitive structure used to give cautionary advice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“give up your boss and tell us everything.”
“my boss definitely won't let me off.”
“Our boss really is different from everyone else.”
“Your boss also does his job.”
“My boss is busy. He doesn't have time.”
“If I were your boss, I wouldn't promote you either.”