近期有太多事务缠身
“I've been tied up with too many affairs recently.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不今日就这样吧
“Let's call it a day.”
近期有 太多 事务缠身
“I've been tied up with too many affairs recently.”
“I'm afraid I can't accompany you for the next few days.”
“I need space and cannot prioritize spending time with you right now.”
Citing busyness or public duty is a culturally favored and socially unchallengeable way to decline personal closeness without causing direct loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tied down by official or mundane affairs; overwhelmed with duties
A sophisticated, literary four-character expression commonly used to decline social engagements politely.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But one thing followed another,”
“We have family matters to handle”
“a lot of things to do every day. No one has too much time”
“You must have a lot to deal with.”
“You city folks make things so tricky.”
“I have so many things to do.”
“I'm getting increasingly busy.”
“He will get into trouble sooner or later.”
“Maybe because I have so many things”
“and the overwhelming workload.”
“After that, work just got too busy.”
“It's just that some things are tricky,”
“I have so many things to do.”
“the daily chores are quite tedious and troublesome.”
“Master, it's just that there's too much going on at home.”