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《Born with Luck》 S1·E16 (06:32) HSK 5
qīn ài de zhōu lǎo bǎn duì bù qǐ

亲爱的周老板 对不起

“Dear Mr. Zhou, sorry”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 06:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fēi shū fēi shū

飞叔 飞叔

“-Uncle Yifei. -Uncle Yifei.”

qīn ài de zhōu lǎo bǎn duì bù qǐ CURRENT FOCUS

亲爱的周 老板 对不起

“Dear Mr. Zhou, sorry”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ràng nín jiǔ děng le

让您久等了

“to have kept you waiting.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: APOLOGIZING
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please don't be mad at me for making you wait; let's keep things friendly.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Flattery to Defuse Tension

Employing playful honorifics or affectionate labels softens the blow of minor professional mistakes such as tardiness.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #flattery #smoothing_over #rapport_building
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
对不起 SPOKEN CHUNK

sorry / excuse me

The standard and most versatile apology phrase in spoken Chinese across all settings.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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