《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22 (08:07) HSK 2

bù hǎo yì sī

不好意思

“Sorry, I'm late.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22

TIMECODE: 08:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY

[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bèi tài tài

贝太太 →

“Mrs. Bei.”

bù hǎo yì sī CURRENT FOCUS

不好意思

“Sorry, I'm late.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zěn me yàng

怎么样 →

“Well?”

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Scene: Social & Dating

Function: APOLOGIZING OR EXCUSING ONESELF

Tone: POLITE

Emotion: POLITENESS

WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Hedging (Ke Qi)

Using formulaic polite phrases smooths interpersonal distance and protects mutual face during encounters.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #politeness #attention_getting

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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES

不好意思 SPOKEN CHUNK

excuse me; sorry

A highly versatile daily expression used to apologize for minor inconveniences, preface requests, or attract someone's attention politely.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR

COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:

不好意思 bù hǎo yì sī

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EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY

“Sorry.”

“I'm sorry.”

“Sorry,”

“[Ting-en] I'm so sorry.”

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86% Match

实在是不好意思

shí zài shì bù hǎo yì sī

“I'm terribly sorry.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22 (08:07) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus

不好意思

THE DIALOGUE REEL

不好意思

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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