我看你跟姜妍 在讨论工作 就没进去打扰你们了
“I saw you and Jiang Yan discussing work, so I didn't go in to disturb you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You came to the law firm yesterday. Why didn't you come in?”
我看 你跟姜妍 在 讨论工作 就 没进去打扰 你们了
“I saw you and Jiang Yan discussing work, so I didn't go in to disturb you.”
“Besides, I was also thinking about Granny Yu's matter.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese interpersonal workplace norms, stepping back rather than intruding when seeing others in intense work discussions shows high consideration and emotional intelligence (EQ).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to disturb; to bother
A standard politeness term used to apologize for or avoid interrupting someone engaged in an activity.
to discuss work
Standard collocation used in professional settings to describe business-related talks.
Marks the completion of the decision/action taken at that time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“thought about pushing me towards Jiang Yan.”
“You want to talk about Jiang Yan's mother, right?”
“But now that even Jiang Yan has been dragged into this,”
“But it's not surprising that Jiang Yan's mother said that.”
“But I hope you can respect me too. Jiang Yan and I are not in a relationship.”
“Regarding what happened to Jiang Yan... Regarding what happened to Jiang Yan, you must take full responsibility.”