严重影响老百姓的正常生活
“It's seriously disrupting people's lives.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Take a bag upstairs and grease some palms at the registration office. This is way beyond what we expected.”
严重影响 老百姓 的正常生活
“It's seriously disrupting people's lives.”
局长
“Chief.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese administrative culture heavily prioritizes '老百姓的正常生活' (the everyday life of ordinary people) as the benchmark for government effectiveness and public order.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
severely affect; seriously disrupt
Standard formal collocation commonly heard in news, public administration, and workplace briefings.
ordinary citizens; the common people
Widely used by officials and the public to refer to common folk in contrast to authorities.
normal life / routine
Formal phrase describing daily peace and stability.