难不成我们宣传科的工作 还得跟传达室汇报不成
“Why would we tell the Reception Room about our work in the Publicity Division?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
传达室知道啥啊
“What would they know?”
难不成 我们宣传科的 工作 还得 跟传达室 汇报不成
“Why would we tell the Reception Room about our work in the Publicity Division?”
你等会儿
“Wait.”
“Mind your own business; we certainly do not answer to the reception room.”
In traditional socialist work units (danwei), departments had clearly demarcated status; reporting to a low-status unit like the reception room is viewed as absurd and demeaning.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that... / don't tell me that...
A rhetorical correlative construction used to highlight the absurdity or unreasonableness of an assumption.
propaganda/publicity department
A common administrative division name in Chinese public institutions and state-owned enterprises.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Aren't you a clerk there? No. I'm not.”
“Do you know how happy I was when you got this job?”
“or with a clerk from the Publicity Division? What's the difference?”
“The permanent roles in my department are filled. You have to line up to join us.”
“I'm the chief of the propaganda department of our bureau.”
“The Publicity Division can't really help much right now.”