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Asking for a Raise

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ID: 1376 Intermediate
Today's lesson focuses on a conversation between an employee and his boss. Learn the language appropriate for dealing with superiors, and find out how to ask for that raise you've been wanting - in Chinese!
Fri Mar 12 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
签 qiān to sign
单子 dānzi form
功劳 gōngláo contribution
努力 nǔlì to work hard
张总，我们又签了一个大单子。
Zhāng Zǒng ，wǒmen yòu qiān le yī ge dà dānzi 。
Mr. Zhang, we signed another big contract.
小赵，这都是你的功劳！
Xiǎo Zhào ，zhè dōu shì nǐ de gōngláo ！
Xiaozhao, all the credit goes to you!
哪里哪里，是大家一起努力的结果。
nǎli nǎli ，shì dàjiā yīqǐ nǔlì de jiéguǒ 。
No, no. It was the result of everyone's hard work.
总之小赵表现不错，好好干！
zǒngzhī Xiǎo Zhào biǎoxiàn bùcuò ，hǎohāo gàn ！
Anyway, Xiaozhao you've done quite well. Keep at it!
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