托我帮忙留意工作 想介绍他家亲戚来
“already asked me to keep an eye out. They wanted to recommend a relative.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是费霓啊 之前呢 也有轻工业局的人
“But Fei Ni, someone from the Light Industry Bureau”
托我 帮忙留意 工作 想介绍他家亲戚来
“already asked me to keep an eye out. They wanted to recommend a relative.”
“They even promised they could get me a television coupon.”
“Important people have offered big favors for this opening, so you cannot expect it easily.”
In planned-economy or bureaucratic Chinese settings, allocating jobs often involved interpersonal connections (guanxi) and mutual exchanges of scarce resources.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
entrusted me to help / asked me for a favor
A polite, standard way to indicate that someone reached out asking for personal intervention or assistance.
keep an eye out for job openings
Commonly used when asking someone with insider access to watch for upcoming employment opportunities.
