不过说实话 我真没想升上去
“But honestly, I never wanted to move up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My education and language skills are both pretty basic.”
不过说实话 我真 没想升上去
“But honestly, I never wanted to move up.”
感觉人际关系什么的
“Workplace politics is too complicated.”
“I'm probably not going to get promoted because of my background, so I'd rather pretend I never wanted it in the first place.”
When facing objective disadvantages or lack of career advancement, Chinese speakers often claim personal disinterest to maintain dignity and avoid looking like a failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be honest; frankly speaking
A common conversational hedge used to frame subjective feelings or difficult truths.
to be promoted; to climb up the ranks
A directional compound metaphorically used for upward mobility in corporate or institutional hierarchies.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really wanted that promotion and to get that position,”
“But honestly, it's not the life I want.”
“But what's wrong with that? Do you hate being promoted?”
“Do you even want that promotion or not?”
“I publicly demanded a promotion, but it failed.”
“Why are you still so invested in her promotion?”