迟迟没有答应回北京
“agreed to return to Beijing yet,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我之所以
“I haven't”
迟迟没有答应 回北京
“agreed to return to Beijing yet,”
是因为
“because”
“I had a deep personal reason for not giving you an answer right away.”
Moving to a major metropolis like Beijing often involves heavy emotional, career, and familial trade-offs in modern Chinese life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tardily not, long delayed in doing something
Used before a verb to emphasize that an expected action or response has been protracted or put off for an extended period.
to agree, to consent, to promise
Standard verb for accepting someone's proposal or agreeing to a request.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't you come to Beijing before?”
“You've only been in Beijing for a short time.”
“Did you not eat well in Beijing?”
“You're going back to Beijing after a week?”
“I haven't been back to the capital for ten years.”
“returned to the Capital unauthorized,”