您把工钱发给我们吧
“Please pay us our wages.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您把工钱发给我们吧
“Please pay us our wages.”
“I'm begging you on behalf of everyone.”
“We are at your mercy and desperate to survive, please just give us the money we earned.”
Disputes over delayed wages for migrant laborers are a poignant social reality in modern China, where workers often rely on deference and public appeals to appeal to an employer's conscience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pay wages; to disburse salaries
Refers specifically to paying manual or contract laborers their earned pay.
Softens the direct demand into an earnest, supplicating request.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You just pay our base wages,”
“Just pay us what you owe everyone.”
“I'll pay you back when I get paid next month.”
“Wait, Zhu, you used your paycheck for my debt.”
“I lent him my paycheck today too to cover the debt.”
“but as soon as I get paid, I'll pay you back.”
“I'll settle it when I'm paid.”
“I'm keeping all of you on payroll for... for nothing.”