今天路上有点堵
“Traffic was a bit heavy today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今天这么晚过来啊
“you're late today.”
今天 路上有点堵
“Traffic was a bit heavy today.”
是吗
“Is that so?”
“Don't blame me for being late; the traffic was out of my control.”
Blaming heavy road traffic is a culturally ubiquitous, face-saving buffer to excuse tardiness without causing friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a bit congested / a bit jammed
A very common everyday phrase used when explaining transit delays in Chinese cities.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now, my only way out has been sealed off.”
“But now all the other roads are completely blocked.”
“You've been waiting long, right? There was a traffic jam on the road.”
“We've hit the usual traffic jam again.”