便一下子忙起来了
“I suddenly got swamped with work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
后来要晋升高级律师
“Later, when I was up for promotion to senior lawyer,”
便 一下子 忙起来 了
“I suddenly got swamped with work.”
我到现在都想不起来
“I can't even remember”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Climbing the ladder in white-collar Chinese industries often entails an abrupt, dramatic increase in hours and cognitive load that blurs personal memories.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all at once / suddenly
Colloquial adverb used to emphasize how rapidly an event or shift in circumstance occurred.
to get busy / to start becoming occupied
Directional complement construction indicating the beginning and continuation of a busy state.
Signifies a change of state into a period of extreme busyness.
