可她现在手上的案子 也堆积如山
“But she already has a heavy caseload.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这方面舒静倒是合适 对 舒庭擅长
“Shu Jing is better at that. Yes, Ms. Shu is good at it.”
可她现在手上的案子 也 堆积如山
“But she already has a heavy caseload.”
回头我问问她吧 行 行 我问问她看什么情况
“I'll ask her later. Sure. I'll check with her and see.”
“She might be the best person for this, but she is completely swamped right now.”
Rather than flatly rejecting a colleague's suggestion, Chinese workplace culture favors pointing out objective logistical constraints like an excessive workload to soften the refusal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
piled up like a mountain
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently applied to overwhelming tasks, paperwork, or cases.
currently on one's plate / on hand
A colloquial phrase indicating current tasks or responsibilities that one is actively managing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I might not finish my cases by then.”
“I said I'll take it.”
“Are you sure you're well enough to handle all this?”
“Why did you come down? They're talking about a case? Exactly.”
“You've done a good job with this case.”
“But when I asked her about the case earlier, she didn't look at him at all.”