也耽误不了你太久
“I won't delay you for long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也 耽误不了你太久
“I won't delay you for long.”
好
“All right.”
“Please give me a moment; I swear this won't take much of your time.”
When making requests in Chinese culture, framing the required effort or time as minuscule respects the listener's time and makes refusal socially difficult.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won't delay; cannot hold up
A potential complement phrase used to preemptively reassure someone that an action will not cause wasted time.
too long
Common temporal modifier denoting an excessive span of time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It won't take much of your time.”
“Just a short talk. We won't keep you long.”
“I will do my best to avoid delaying your return.”
“It wouldn't delay anything.”
“As I said, I wouldn't drag you down.”