耽误你一会儿时间 不会耽误您太久的
“Just a short talk. We won't keep you long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Well, we're here for the power supply to Yuehai.”
耽误 你 一会儿 时间 不会 耽误 您太久的
“Just a short talk. We won't keep you long.”
“Five minutes at most, okay? Let me use the restroom first.”
“Please don't walk away; I only need a few minutes of your time to sort this out.”
Prefacing requests with apologies for interrupting or taking up someone's time shows deference and softens the imposition in hierarchical communication.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
take up a moment of your time
A polite formula used before making an unplanned request or initiating an urgent conversation.
won't keep you long
A standard courteous reassurance used to lower the other party's resistance to meeting.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't delay you for long.”
“we won't hold you up much longer.”
“Auntie, I won't waste your time. Just one minute. Just one minute.”
“Do not waste any time. Yes.”
“we'd better not waste any more time.”
“You kept falling asleep. Don't screw things up.”