他也让我代他向你道歉
“He asked me to apologize to you too.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
巧了
“Funny.”
他也让我代他向你 道歉
“He asked me to apologize to you too.”
那晚 我梦到玉书了
“That night, I dreamed of Yushu.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, having a mutual acquaintance deliver an apology helps preserve face and softens direct confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
apologize to you on his behalf
A polite and common grammatical pattern used when conveying an apology for someone who cannot do so in person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me apologize on his behalf.”
“Then I... I'll go apologize to him.”
“and let her apologize to you in person.”
“(I can apologize to her in the underworld.)”
“I apologize to you on her behalf.”