我得向你道歉
“Second, as Dongming's father, I must apologize to you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
作为李东明的父亲
“Second, as Dongming's father, I must apologize to you.”
我得 向你道歉
“Second, as Dongming's father, I must apologize to you.”
养不教
“Poor parenting is the father's fault.”
“My son caused you trouble, and as his father who failed to raise him properly, the blame falls on me.”
Rooted in the Three Character Classic, traditional Chinese culture holds that if a child misbehaves, the father is primarily at fault for failing to properly educate them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
apologize to you
Standard formal phrasing for offering an apology to someone directly.
I must / I need to
Indicates a compelling moral duty or necessity rather than casual preference.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do I need to apologize to you first?”
“I owe you an apology.”
“I should apologize to you.”
“There's something I need to apologize for.”
“so I could apologize to you in person.”
“I just wanted to apologize to you.”
“I actually came to apologize.”
“I apologize for my attitude.”
“I'd like to apologize to you for the previous remarks.”
“the least you can do is apologize, right?”
“Apologize to us. Apologize.”
“Give me a chance to redeem myself, okay?”
“YUNONG BRIDGE SHOCKING DROWNING INCIDENT I'm really sorry.”
“I came to apologize to you.”
“I want to apologize to you.”
“Let it count as making amends to him.”
“I apologize.”
“I owe everyone an apology.”
“Xiaoming, I sincerely apologize to you. I was wrong.”
“I owe everyone an apology.”
“I apologize to you all. That's enough. Why say that?”
“specifically to apologize to you.”
“Say "Mom, I'm sorry."”