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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24 (38:10) HSK 7
bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī shā chē shī líng le

不好意思 不好意思 刹车失灵了

“I'm sorry. The brakes failed.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 38:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me kāi chē de nǐ

怎么开车的你

“Watch the road!”

bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī shā chē shī líng le CURRENT FOCUS

不好意思 不好意思 刹车失灵 了

“I'm sorry. The brakes failed.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jìn rì wǒ sī gāo jí hé huǒ rén lǐ dōng míng

近日 我司高级合伙人李东明

“(Recently, our company's Senior Partner Li Dongming)”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: APOLOGIZING AND EXCUSING
Tone: APOLOGETIC AND DEFENSIVE
Emotion: PANIC
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please don't attack me—it was a mechanical breakdown beyond my control!”
💡 Cultural Insight: De-escalating Confrontation with Repeated Apologies

Repeating 'bu hao yisi' back-to-back immediately signals submissiveness and non-hostility to defuse imminent road rage in public spaces.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #deflection #crisis_management #de-escalation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
刹车失灵 SPOKEN CHUNK

brake failure

Common collocation describing vehicular malfunction when brakes fail to respond.

不好意思 SPOKEN CHUNK

excuse me / I am sorry

The most versatile everyday apology in Chinese, suitable for minor accidents, bumping into people, or embarrassment.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly arisen change of state (the brakes suddenly ceased functioning).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
对不起 是不是踩到你了
《玫瑰丛生》
88% Match
对不起 是不是踩到你了
duì bù qǐ shì bú shì cǎi dào nǐ le

“Sorry, did I step on you?”

你 不好意思啊 没事
《灿如繁星》
86% Match
你 不好意思啊 没事
nǐ bù hǎo yì sī a méi shì

“You... -I'm sorry. -It's OK.”

不好意思 不好意思啊 我现在就挪 快点走啊
《爱情有烟火》
86% Match
不好意思 不好意思啊 我现在就挪 快点走啊
bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī a wǒ xiàn zài jiù nuó kuài diǎn zǒu a

“My apologies, I'm so sorry. I'll move it now. Hurry up and go.”

没事没事 不好意思
《除恶》
86% Match
没事没事 不好意思
méi shì méi shì bù hǎo yì sī

“It's nothing. Sorry.”

不好意思 不好意思 我们车坏了 一会儿可能得
《你好1983》
86% Match
不好意思 不好意思 我们车坏了 一会儿可能得
bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī wǒ men chē huài le yī huì er kě néng dé

“Excuse us. Excuse us. Our car broke down. We might need”

不好意思 不好意思 你放心 我会
《年少有为》
86% Match
不好意思 不好意思 你放心 我会
bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī nǐ fàng xīn wǒ huì

“Sorry. Don't worry, I will...”

没关系 不好意思 不好意思 没关系
《灿如繁星》
86% Match
没关系 不好意思 不好意思 没关系
méi guān xì bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī méi guān xì

“It's okay. -I'm sorry. I really am. -It's okay.”

不好意思 不好意思 没事没事没关系
《灿如繁星》
86% Match
不好意思 不好意思 没事没事没关系
bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī méi shì méi shì méi guān xì

“Sorry. It's fine. No worries.”

这这这 不好意思 我刚才什么都没听见啊
《狂飙》
86% Match
这这这 不好意思 我刚才什么都没听见啊
zhè zhè zhè bù hǎo yì sī wǒ gāng cái shén me dōu méi tīng jiàn a

“I'm sorry. I didn't hear anything just now.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24 (38:10) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus