犯了很严重的错误
“I made a very serious mistake.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我之前
“Earlier,”
犯了很严重的错误
“I made a very serious mistake.”
谢谢大家
“Thank you, everyone,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Openly acknowledging mistakes before a group is a culturally significant gesture in Chinese organizational life to show sincerity and redeem trust.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
made a mistake
The standard verb-object construction for committing an error or fault.
serious mistake; grave error
Used to denote a blunder that has significant negative consequences.
Indicates the completion of the past action of committing the error.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“makes it really hard to claim it was an accident.”
“At most, involuntary manslaughter.”
“surely made major mistakes of their own”
“A giant cock-up.”
“You've committed such a grave offense—”