您的意思是说之前我被开除
“You mean when I was about to be fired,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太过分了
“This is too much.”
您的意思是说 之前 我 被开除
“You mean when I was about to be fired,”
是婉君阿姨帮
“Aunt Wanjun helped me?”
“Wait, are you telling me there was a hidden motive behind my firing?”
In Chinese workplace contexts, career setbacks or promotions are often influenced by unseen interpersonal networks (guanxi) rather than purely objective merit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Do you mean that... / Are you saying that...
A polite and formal way to ask for clarification when you want to confirm someone's implication.
to get fired / to be dismissed
Passive construction commonly used to describe involuntary termination of employment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If I get fired today,”
“Since I got fired from the factory earlier,”
“you were basically fired.”
“I'm firing you right now.”
“blocked his advancement in the group and even considered firing him.”
“She could have fired you in a heartbeat.”