有滥竽充数的 让我炒掉
“in the workshop and I need to fire them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
厂长呢 找我谈话了 说女工里边
“Mr. Huang talked to me. He said there are some slackers”
有 滥竽充数 的 让我 炒掉
“in the workshop and I need to fire them.”
“Me? I can't think of anyone else but you.”
“Management wants heads to roll, and dead weight has to be cut immediately.”
Originating from an ancient parable about a man faking playing the pipe in a royal orchestra, this idiom is widely used in modern workplaces to call out slackers who lack real skills.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pretend to have ability; to just fill a vacancy without being qualified
A classic chengyu used to describe unqualified people riding on the coattails of competent peers.
to fire; to sack
Colloquial verb derived from 'chao youtiao' (stir-fry squid), meaning to terminate an employee.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“showing people his lousy, unfinished script,”
“You are fired!”
“-Ruining yourself, aren't you? -Stop it!”
“Forget it. Do it for me again. No chance.”
“and have thrown the Ye family into chaos.”
“but he always hangs out with ruffians.”