Quitting My Job and Starting Over
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ID: 3043
Upper Intermediate
Does this job sound good to you? "It pays peanuts, you have to do everything, it's really far away, the position is low, with no power but all the responsibility."
Find out what this person did about having such an awful job, and how he is turning over a new leaf.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 开年 | kāinián | the start of the new year | |
| 翻篇 | fānpiān | to turn over a new leaf; to start a new chapter | |
| 辞职 | cízhí | to resign | |
| 外企 | wàiqǐ | foreign firm |
开年啦怎么样你们公司过年放了几天假
kāi 开nián 年la 啦zěnmeyàng 怎么样nǐmen 你们gōngsī 公司guònián 过年fàng 放le 了jǐtiān 几天jià 假
The start of the new year, what do you think? How many days did your company give you for the Chinese New Year holiday?
嗨你是说那家私企吗别提了翻篇了
hāi 嗨nǐ 你shì 是shuō 说nà 那jiā 家sīqǐ 私企ma 吗bié tí 别提le 了fānpiān 翻篇le 了
Hi, are you talking about that private company? Don't even talk to me about it. I've already turned to a new chapter.
这话什么意思什么叫翻篇了
zhè 这huà 话shénme 什么yìsi 意思shénme 什么jiào 叫fānpiān 翻篇le 了
What do you mean by that? What does turning to a new chapter mean?
早就辞职不干了呗现在我已经在一家外企开始全新的职业生涯了
zǎo jiù 早就cízhí 辞职bù 不gàn 干le 了bēi 呗xiànzài 现在wǒ 我yǐjīng 已经zài 在yī 一jiā 家wàiqǐ 外企kāishǐ 开始quánxīn 全新de 的zhíyè 职业shēngyá 生涯le 了
I quit ages ago. Now I'm at a foreign-owned company starting a new chapter in my career.
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