添麻烦了 不麻烦
“Thank you. You're welcome.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您小心
“Be careful.”
添麻烦了 不麻烦
“Thank you. You're welcome.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese social etiquette places high value on explicitly verbalizing apologies for imposing on others ('tian mafan'), which the recipient must promptly downplay ('bu mafan') to preserve harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Sorry to trouble you / Thank you for going out of your way
A highly conventional formula used when receiving assistance or causing extra work for someone.
No trouble at all / You are very welcome
The standard reciprocal courtesy response to dismiss any obligation or burden.
Indicates the realized state of having imposed on someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why would you say that?”
“Thank you. No problem.”
“That would be too much trouble for others.”
“not some troublemakers.”
“a lot of trouble in your daily lives.”
“No trouble at all. Helping people is the least I can do.”
“I must've caused you a lot of trouble. I'm really sorry about that.”
“Didn't want to trouble you.”
“No, no. It's no trouble at all.”
“we've bothered you a lot. Thank you.”
“Thank you very much. You're welcome.”
“Not at all. What do you need? Just tell me.”
“sorry for the trouble.”
“Sorry for causing you trouble this time.”