是我要劳烦你拨冗陪我走一趟
“I'm the one troubling you to spare time to go with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不能给王府丢脸啊
“I can't embarrass ourselves.”
是我要劳烦你拨冗陪我走一趟
“I'm the one troubling you to spare time to go with me.”
你愿意去
“You willing to go”
“I know your time is precious, so I am asking with the utmost courtesy and respect.”
In traditional Chinese etiquette, lowering oneself while exalting the listener's time and status ('拨冗', '劳烦') is essential for smooth interpersonal requests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to trouble someone; to bother
An elevated, polite formula used when asking someone for assistance or companionship.
to spare time out of a busy schedule
A highly formal, literary idiom frequently used in formal invitations, correspondence, or respectful requests.
make a trip; go somewhere in person
A common colloquial-to-standard expression denoting taking a specific trip or errand.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If so, could you make a trip for me?”
“I'll reluctantly go with you.”
“I'll go with you.”
“I will have to trouble you to keep an eye on him.”
“Why don't you come with me?”
“Then he asked me to accompany him to entertain clients. That's all.”