所以才不小心撞到了纪先生
“so you accidentally bumped into Mr. Ji.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It caused you to run to the dining table so far away to get wine.”
所以才 不小心 撞到了 纪先生
“so you accidentally bumped into Mr. Ji.”
“It was completely an accident while trying to do my job, please forgive me.”
In Chinese hospitality, staff adopt deferential phrasing (using honorific titles and downplaying intent) to protect the patron's status and de-escalate friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
accidentally; carelessly
Essential conversational chunk used when apologizing for an unintentional physical mishap or error.
only then; that is precisely why
Used to introduce the direct consequence of a preceding condition or reason.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After a whole month, we just stumbled upon one by accident.”
“It was you who bumped into me first, causing me to accidentally break these.”
“He also ruined my leg in that crash.”
“What if they'd actually crashed? He definitely did it on purpose.”
“Maybe he just hit his head”
“So the genre clash was a coincidence.”