不不不 孟书记 三天绝对不行 真的
“No way, Secretary Meng. Three days is absolutely impossible.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
行不行
“Is it enough?”
不不不 孟书记 三天 绝对不行 真的
“No way, Secretary Meng. Three days is absolutely impossible.”
“If you think there's a capable man, you can assign him to work on it.”
“You are asking the impossible—give me more time or do it yourself!”
Directly rejecting a Chinese superior's demand is risky; the speaker repeats negative markers and appeals to earnestness to signal that the refusal stems from physical impossibility rather than insubordination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
absolutely out of the question / definitely cannot work
Used to firmly rule out a proposal or timeline when compromise on that point is impossible.
honestly / truly
Appended to an assertion to convey earnestness and persuade the listener that one is not merely making excuses.
