我之所以现在才 给您打电话拜年
“(The reason I called so late) (to wish you a happy new year)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您放心吧
“(Don't worry.)”
我 之所以 现在 才 给您 打电话拜年
“(The reason I called so late) (to wish you a happy new year)”
是因为我春节期间 一直在工作 而且在深圳
“is because I've been working the entire holiday. In Shenzhen,”
“I didn't forget you; I just couldn't call earlier because I was tied up with work.”
In traditional Chinese Spring Festival culture, extending New Year greetings ('bai nian') usually takes place from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month. Offering greetings late (or even past the first month) is generally considered somewhat impolite, so one typically explains the delay to show proper respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
An inverted causal structure where the first clause states the result and the second explains the reason ('the reason why... is because...').
Commonly used in formal writing or semi-formal speech to emphasize reasons and deliver a polite, deliberate explanation.
To extend Chinese New Year greetings to relatives, friends, or elders by phone.
A common social action collocation during the Spring Festival used to maintain interpersonal relationships.
