对不住 对不住 刚才 把你当成租客了
“I'm sorry. I thought you were a tenant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
勤务兵小兄弟
“Little orderly brother.”
对不住 对不住 刚才 把你 当成 租客了
“I'm sorry. I thought you were a tenant.”
我们别站着了 进去吧 进去吧 来
“Let's not just stand here. Come in.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Repeating an apology like '对不住 对不住' rapidly softens an embarrassing mistake and signals genuine sincerity in casual Chinese social etiquette.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sorry; my apologies
A common, slightly colloquial spoken apology similar to 'duibuqi', often repeated for emphasis.
mistake for; treat as
Used in the '把 A 当成 B' structure to indicate confusing one person or thing with another.
Marks the completion of the mistaken action in the past.
