Tā / yīn / wèi / gōng / zuò / shī / wù / bèi / shàng / si / dāng / miàn / chì / hē / le / yí / dùn。

他因为工作失误，被上司当面叱呵了一顿。

Because of a mistake at work, he was angrily berated by his supervisor.