反正看这架势绝对没什么好事
“Anyway, judging by this situation, it's definitely nothing good.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这我怎么拒绝
“How could I refuse?”
反正 看这架势 绝对 没什么 好事
“Anyway, judging by this situation, it's definitely nothing good.”
你自己小心点
“You have to be careful.”
“You are walking into trouble, prepare yourself.”
Being able to read organizational posture and underlying tension (jiashi) is considered an essential survival skill in Chinese offices.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
judging from the look of things; by the posture of this
An idiomatic spoken chunk used to make a deduction based on observable tension or physical cues.
nothing good; trouble ahead
A colloquial way to predict trouble or unwelcome demands.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“isn't always a good thing.”
“wouldn't be a bad thing.”
“will not end well.”
“Isn't that inappropriate? What's inappropriate about it?”
“♪ To walk alongside ordinary folks alike ♪ The situation can't get any worse than it is now. ♪ Sharing the same ray of light ♪”
“it's not necessarily a bad thing, is it?”