工程队过来嘛 预算嘛 已经紧张了
“Mr. Zhao will send a team over. Our budget's already tight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
书记 刚刚李镇长提到那个 赵市长要安排
“Mr. Zheng, Ms. Li just mentioned Mr. Zhao will send a team over.”
工程队 过来 嘛 预算嘛 已经 紧张了
“Mr. Zhao will send a team over. Our budget's already tight.”
“If we hire more people, the budget will definitely be blown.”
“We can't afford to take on any more people, so let's find an excuse to turn down the Mayor's request.”
In Chinese administrative environments, subordinates rarely reject superiors' requests directly; instead, they highlight objective hurdles like budget deficits to deflect difficult tasks safely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
construction team
A common professional noun referring to an engineering or construction crew.
tight budget
A standard professional collocation used when describing insufficient funds or financial constraints.
Used as an intra-sentence pause marker to emphasize an obvious premise or context before presenting the consequence.
