老板 对不起
“Sir, I'm sorry.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么都好
“♪ Dreams will witness sunset and sunrise ♪ anything is fine.”
老板 对不起
“Sir, I'm sorry.”
你怎么回事
“What's wrong with you?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Addressing one's supervisor or business owner directly as '老板' (boss) reinforces the clear hierarchical boundary between employer and employee.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I'm sorry; excuse me
The standard and most direct expression to apologize or admit fault in Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're very sorry. Our former employee, Yuan Qin,”
“Don't feel awkward, Ms. Lin.”
“Mr. Chen, I'm sorry. This batch of goods might be delayed.”
“No can do. I'm sorry. Please, Boss.”
“I... I'm sorry, Commander! Alright, alright. Clean this up immediately.”
“Teacher, sorry. Sorry. But you still need to”
“Dear Mr. Zhou, sorry”
“Sir, I'm really sorry.”
“will now... Sorry.”
“Say "Mom, I'm sorry."”
“Sorry, President Yan. I need another day off.”
“I... I'm sorry.”
“Leader. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.”
“Leader. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I ate something bad”