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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E24 (04:12) HSK 5
bù hǎo yì sī a qǐng nǐ men lái jiā bān lǐng dǎo hǎo lǐng dǎo

不好意思啊 请你们来加班 领导好 领导

“Sorry for making you all work overtime. Hello. - Ms. Lin. - Ms. Lin.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 04:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ děng wǒ

你等我

“Wait for me.”

bù hǎo yì sī a qǐng nǐ men lái jiā bān lǐng dǎo hǎo lǐng dǎo CURRENT FOCUS

不好意思啊 请你们来 加班 领导好 领导

“Sorry for making you all work overtime. Hello. - Ms. Lin. - Ms. Lin.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gāng gāng gēn dà jiā jiě shì le yī xià

“I just explained the situation to the team.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: APOLOGIZING AND GREETING
Tone: APOLOGETIC AND RESPECTFUL
Emotion: POLITENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know you hate overtime, but please bear with it; look, the boss is here too.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Overtime Etiquette and Leadership Hierarchy

In Chinese business culture, organizers acknowledge the inconvenience of overtime with modest apologies to maintain workplace harmony and immediately defer to visiting superiors.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #mitigation #hierarchy #greeting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不好意思啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

sorry / excuse me / my apologies

A standard casual apology to soften inconveniences or troublesome requests.

请你们来加班 SPOKEN CHUNK

ask you all to come work overtime

Used when requesting subordinates or peers to perform extra hours, framing it politely with 'qing'.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the opening apology, making it sound more personal and empathetic.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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