临时有个会 让你久等了
“A meeting came up. Sorry to keep you waiting.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Please wait a moment. Mr. Li's meeting will end soon. Thank you.”
临时有个会 让你久等了
“A meeting came up. Sorry to keep you waiting.”
在这个屋子
“I've successfully signed many contracts and agreements in this room.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Acknowledging the other party's time with 'rang ni jiu deng le' provides face and restores social equilibrium after causing an inconvenience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an unexpected meeting came up
A ubiquitous professional excuse in business settings to account for schedule delays.
sorry to keep you waiting
A standard and polite workplace social formula used when arriving late to greet a guest.
Marks the completed duration of the listener's wait while reinforcing polite regret.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have a last-minute meeting. I probably won't make it.”
“you got the notice too, to attend an emergency meeting?”
“They'll make the decision at the meeting soon. Aren't you worried?”
“I barely had to wait at all.”
“There's a last-minute meeting today. In the meeting,”
“It's been a long time since we met.”