他以前跟我是搭班子的 他是我副手
“We used to work with me. He was my deputy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我当然知道了
“I know, of course.”
他 以前 跟 我是 搭班子 的 他 是我 副手
“We used to work with me. He was my deputy.”
我上个厕所
“(Personnel Department) I'm going to the restroom.”
“I know him inside and out because he used to work under me.”
In Chinese administrative terminology, a 'banzi' refers to the core leadership group; stating someone was one's 'deputy' firmly asserts past hierarchical dominance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to form a leadership team / work as leading partners
A ubiquitous bureaucratic idiom referring to top administrative officials working jointly as a governing duo or committee.
deputy / right-hand man / second-in-command
Used colloquially to describe an assistant or direct administrative subordinate in leadership.
Used at the end of the clause to emphatically affirm an established past fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“because I serve under him.”
“Who said I'm his comrade-in-arms?”
“He told me to give it to his partner. How was I supposed to know that was you?”
“He was just going along with our wishes and playing along with the arrangement.”
“was found by his former lover. They are from the same hometown—”
“I used to be in the same cell as him.”