今天是来给你赔礼道歉来了
“came to apologize today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们四个老皮(老家伙)
“we four old-timers”
今天 是来 给你 赔礼道歉 来了
“came to apologize today.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social etiquette, formally visiting someone in person to apologize restores harmony and gives face back to the wronged party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make a formal apology and offer amends
A fixed four-character expression denoting an explicit and formal gesture of seeking forgiveness.
Marks the completed realization of arriving for this specific intended purpose.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I came to apologize for what happened earlier today.”
“But I did make a mistake. Let me apologize first.”
“♪ We've forged through the surging Yellow River and Yangtze ♪ I apologize to you. I'm sorry. ♪ This vast and beautiful land ♪”
“So you'd better sincerely apologize to me now”
“Today, I came specifically to offer my sincere apology to you.”
“Apologize to us. Apologize.”
“I sincerely apologize to you.”
“I came to apologize to you.”
“I actually came to apologize.”
“So you came to apologize? I sincerely apologize.”
“and let her apologize to you in person.”
“specifically to apologize to you.”
“I told you to apologize.”
“I came here specifically to apologize to you.”
“or an apology required, I'll bear it as well.”
“I apologize to you all here first.”