以你的能力 做那些工作是大材小用了
“With your ability, that work is beneath your potential.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我知道
“I know.”
以你的能力 做那些 工作 是 大材小用 了
“With your ability, that work is beneath your potential.”
“But right now, I really can't take you into my team.”
“You are extremely capable, but I need to soften the ground before turning you down.”
Chinese communicators often praise someone's abilities extensively before delivering bad news or a refusal to preserve interpersonal harmony and mutual face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
given your capability / with your abilities
A common professional opening used to evaluate someone's skill level respectfully.
a waste of great talent / underutilization of ability
A classic chengyu used to describe a person whose abilities far exceed their modest job position.
Functions as a sentence-final particle signaling a clear judgment or resulting status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“With your capability, that's nothing.”
“With your own abilities, your materials will just sink without a trace.”
“Your work ability speaks for itself.”
“We did it on our own ability.”
“When it comes to work, I will let my competence speak for itself. For private affairs, I will resolve them based on my principles.”
“I'm no master at anything big, but when it comes to small stuff, I'm pretty good at many things.”