久等了 太忙了
“Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm just too busy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
铁队实在不好意思
“Captain Tie, terribly sorry.”
久等了 太忙了
“Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm just too busy.”
来来
“Here.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Acknowledging an interlocutor's inconvenience ('jiu deng le') softens hierarchy friction and restores social harmony after an unavoidable delay.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sorry to keep you waiting
Standard social courtesy uttered immediately upon greeting someone who arrived earlier.
so busy / overwhelmed with work
A polite, universally acceptable justification in Chinese business contexts for being late or delayed.
Indicates a completed state or change, marking that the waiting period has concluded.
