高总 我 我真的什么都不知道
“Mr. Gao, I... I really don't know anything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高总 我 我 真的 什么都不知道
“Mr. Gao, I... I really don't know anything.”
要不这样 以后这个项目
“How about this? In the future,”
“Please don't blame me, I am completely out of the loop and blameless!”
In hierarchical Chinese workplaces, subordinates often display extreme deference and immediately proclaim total ignorance to avoid taking the fall for organizational failures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to know nothing at all
A classic structure (question word + 都 + negative verb) expressing absolute negation.
President Gao; General Manager Gao
Standard Chinese workplace address formed by combining a surname with the managerial title 'Zong'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Gao, I... I really don't know anything.”
“I don't think you understand Gao Haiming at all.”
“We also don't know what the outcome will be after reporting upwards.”
“Mr. Ge, you're the expert in this. Now everyone knows”
“Only Mr. Li didn't know”
“I don't know anything. I'll get back to work now.”