不好意思 不好意思 又迟到了
“Sorry, sorry. You're late again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 我 我得拿个本子 我要记笔记
“I-I... I need my notebook. I need to take notes.”
不好意思 不好意思 又 迟到了
“Sorry, sorry. You're late again.”
第几次了 刚下班 刚下班 又刚下班 刚下班
“How many times is this? I just got off work. -You just got off work again? -"I just got off work."”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Repeating '不好意思' twice is a common pragmatic strategy in spoken Chinese to signal genuine contrition and mitigate potential social friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
excuse me; sorry
A very common everyday apology or polite hedge used for minor inconveniences like showing up late.
late again
Combines the recurring adverb '又' with being late, admitting a repeated fault.
Marks an updated state or completed occurrence of arriving late.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm sorry, I got caught up in something.”
“Excuse me. You're late. There are no choices left.”
“You are... I came here in such a hurry. Sorry about that.”
“Late again? Sorry. I'm late.”
“Sorry, I'm so late.”
“He's here. I'm so sorry.”
“So sorry I'm late. Traffic was heavy.”
“Mr. Shen, sorry I'm late.”
“It's nothing. Sorry.”
“Sorry. It's fine. No worries.”
“Sorry for keeping you waiting today. We were two hours late.”
“-Thanks. Sorry. -Sorry. Excuse me. Let me through.”
“I turned it in late this time. Sorry.”
“Sorry, I'm a bit late.”