对了 我想起来 我下午还有一个会
“Oh, I remember I have a meeting this afternoon.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您坐
“Have a seat.”
对了 我 想起来 我下午 还有 一个会
“Oh, I remember I have a meeting this afternoon.”
饭我就不吃了 先吃完再走吧 高总
“I won't eat. Why don't you leave after the lunch? Mr. Gao,”
“I need to get out of this meal right now, so I will pretend I have an urgent commitment.”
Directly rejecting a host's meal invitation damages face (mianzi); citing business or external duty is the standard polite pretext to exit without causing offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by the way / oh, right
Used as an abrupt discourse marker to introduce a sudden thought or change the subject naturally.
I just remembered / it came to mind
Commonly used when feigning or stating a sudden recollection to justify a change of plans.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I just remembered I've got something to do this afternoon.”
“I just remembered I have something else to do.”
“Oh, right. Speaking of pressure, I just thought of something.”