我不会给你们添麻烦
“I won't cause you any trouble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我可以帮助你们
“I can provide help.”
我不会 给你 们 添麻烦
“I won't cause you any trouble.”
让他跟着
“Let him come along.”
“Please let me come with you; I won't slow you down or get in the way.”
In Chinese social ethics, minimizing friction and proving that one will not become a burden ('tian mafan') is critical when requesting help or entry into a collective group.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause trouble; to inconvenience someone
Essential conversational chunk used to apologize in advance or politely assure someone you will not be a burden.
to bring trouble upon someone
Standard syntactic construction for expressing causing hassle or inconvenience to a specific party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If it's not too much trouble, then please do.”
“or ourselves.”
“I didn't know it would cause you trouble.”
“I don't want to cause you more trouble.”
“Didn't want to trouble you.”
“Thank you very much. You're welcome.”
“Zhu, I'm not trying to cause trouble.”
“During the trip, she won't bring trouble.”
“I won't let everybody know this to make things difficult for you.”