Complaining About The Boss
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ID: 0743
Upper Intermediate
There are "The Office" type bosses, and Godfather-styled mafia type bosses, and, granted, though most workplaces bosses don't ridicule you or kill you and claim you turned in state's evidence, they all usually give you something to complain about. In this podcast learn how to, in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 臭骂 | chòumà | to scold angrily | |
| 成天 | chéngtiān | all day long | |
| 挂 | guà | to hang | |
| 马屁精 | mǎpìjīng | brown noser |
王经理今天叫你去干吗
Wáng 王jīnglǐ 经理jīntiān 今天jiào 叫nǐ 你qù 去gànmá 干吗
What did Manager Wang make you do today?
别提了把我臭骂一顿说我上班时间成天挂在MSNQQ上他自己不也是否则怎么知道我在上面
bié tí le 别提了bǎ 把wǒ 我chòumà 臭骂yī 一dùn 顿shuō 说wǒ 我shàngbān 上班shíjiān 时间chéngtiān 成天guà 挂zài 在MSN MSNQQ QQshàng 上tā zìjǐ 他自己bù 不yě shì 也是fǒuzé 否则zěnme 怎么zhīdào 知道wǒ 我zài 在shàngmian 上面
Don't ask. He reemed me out. He said all my work time is spent on MSN and QQ. Isn't he the same? Otherwise how would he know I'm on it?
这个马屁精看见这两天总公司有人来就成天找我们麻烦
zhège 这个mǎpìjīng 马屁精kànjiàn 看见zhè 这liǎng 两tiān 天zǒnggōngsī 总公司yǒurén 有人lái 来jiù 就chéngtiān 成天zhǎo 找wǒmen 我们máfan 麻烦
That brown noser, the past couple days he saw there was someone from head office here, so all day long kept trying to give us trouble.
就是平时自己没一天准时到这两天恨不得天不亮就来真会演戏
jiùshì 就是píngshí 平时zìjǐ 自己méi 没yī 一tiān 天zhǔnshí 准时dào 到zhè 这liǎng 两tiān 天hènbude 恨不得tiān 天bù 不liàng 亮jiù 就lái 来zhēn 真huì 会yǎnxì 演戏
Exactly. Ordinarily he himself never arrives on time. The past couple days he's itching to get here before the sun is even up. He really knows how to put on a show.
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