我們上班時的情緒,就像坐過山車一樣 ﹣ 老闆臉上一現出不悅的神色,我們就要吃苦頭;老闆臉上有了笑容,我們才能鬆一口氣。這樣的工作,我不想再幹下去了。

I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss's face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.

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Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 上班 shàngbān
  1. to go to work
  2. to be on duty
  3. to start work
  4. to go to the office
=3 Shí surname Shi
=3 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 情緒 qíng
  1. mood
  2. state of mind
  3. moodiness

classifier:

6 就像 jiùxiàng to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though
=7 Zuò surname Zuo
=7 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
8 過山車 guòshānchē roller coaster
9 一樣 yàng
  1. same
  2. like
  3. equal to
  4. the same as
  5. just like
=10 老闆 Lǎobǎn Robam (brand)
=10 老闆 lǎobǎn
  1. boss
  2. business proprietor

classifier:

11 liǎn face

classifiers: ,

=12 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=12 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
13
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
14 現出 xiànchū to display; to reveal
15 不悅 yuè
  1. displeased
  2. annoyed
=16 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=16 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=16 really and truly
=16 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
17 神色 shén
  1. expression
  2. look
18 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
19 就要 jiùyào
  1. will
  2. shall
  3. to be going to
20 吃苦頭 chītou
  1. to suffer
  2. to suffer for one's actions
  3. to pay dearly
  4. to burn one's fingers
=21 老闆 Lǎobǎn Robam (brand)
=21 老闆 lǎobǎn
  1. boss
  2. business proprietor

classifier:

22 liǎn face

classifiers: ,

=23 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=23 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
24 有了 yǒule
  1. I've got a solution!
  2. to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎 yǒuletāi)
25 笑容 xiàoróng
  1. smile
  2. smiling expression

classifier:

26 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
27 才能 cáinéng
  1. talent
  2. ability
  3. capacity
28 鬆一口氣 sōngkǒu to heave a sigh of relief
29 這樣 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
=30 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=30 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=30 really and truly
=30 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
31 工作 gōngzuò
  1. to work
  2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. job
  4. work
  5. task

classifiers: , ,

32
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
33 不想 xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise
34 zài
  1. again; once more; re-
  2. further; beyond this point of time
  3. (before an adjective) more
  4. then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or dōu for emphasis)
  6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 zài, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
  7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
35 gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed
36 下去 xià
  1. to go down
  2. to descend
  3. to go on
  4. to continue
  5. (of a servant) to withdraw
=37 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=37 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=37 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=37 liào unofficial variant of liào