好歹聊工作 你尊重一下别人
“At least show some respect when talking business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你换一下吧
“Just change, will you?”
好歹 聊工作 你 尊重 一下 别 人
“At least show some respect when talking business.”
我正想跟你说这个事
“I was just about to talk to you about that.”
“Stop acting so casually or rudely; take this work matter seriously.”
In Chinese work culture, maintaining basic respect and attentiveness during official discussions is crucial to giving 'mianzi' (face) to counterparts and maintaining collective harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at least; in any case
Used as an adverb to highlight a minimal condition or saving grace that should warrant a certain level of effort or decorum.
show some respect to others
A polite but firm reprimand used to call out rude, dismissive, or distracted behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You have a perfectly good job. What exactly are you trying to do?”
“After all, he is the general manager of the Construction Engineering Group. He doesn't even treat us well.”
“Alright, go ahead. I'll lock up. Okay, bye.”
“Well, I'm here for business after all. It's what I should do.”
“let's talk about something serious and useful, okay?”
“have a private chat, and try to persuade him.”