今天学校有点事给耽误了 没事 没事
“I was caught up in something at school today. It's alright.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不好意思啊 今天学校有点
“I'm sorry. I was caught up in...”
今天 学校 有点事给耽误了 没事 没事
“I was caught up in something at school today. It's alright.”
“Come on in. Why did I put it here? Pardon me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social interaction, citing vague external duties ('学校有点事') allows the arriving party to apologize politely without burdening the host with unnecessary personal details.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
got held up; was delayed
A passive construction with '给' used to describe an external circumstance causing an unintentional delay.
something came up; have some business
A convenient, vague excuse commonly used in daily conversation to explain tardiness or absence without oversharing.
Indicates completion of the event and the emergence of the resulting state of being late.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have caused trouble to the school.”
“Why don't you take a break from classes? No.”
“I can't. I've got school things to handle.”
“Nothing happening with Principal Chen these few days, right?”
“I'm sorry, I got caught up in something.”
“But you must trust the school. We'll handle this properly.”