我想来 但是我怕您见到我不高兴
“I wanted to come but you might not be happy to see me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你有一阵子没有来蚕茧了
“You haven't been here in a while.”
我 想来 但是 我怕 您 见到 我 不高兴
“I wanted to come but you might not be happy to see me.”
你还挺坦诚
“That's quite honest.”
“I avoided you because I knew you were annoyed with me, not out of neglect.”
Subordinates in Chinese hierarchical settings are expected to be sensitive to a superior's emotional cues and may intentionally keep distance to avoid provoking ire.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I wanted to come
A common way to signal good intentions before offering an excuse with '但是' (but).
afraid that seeing me would make you unhappy
A polite, self-effacing way to acknowledge prior friction with a superior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I came this time to say hello to you.”
“I thought if I told you, you wouldn't let me come.”
“Let me.”
“Give her to me. Hurry! Hurry!”
“Let me, let me. I will push you over.”
“I'd come to see you without being prepared?”