后来确实工作太忙了
“After that, work just got too busy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When you were unconscious, I visited you at the hospital.”
后来 确实 工作太忙 了
“After that, work just got too busy.”
傅叔叔
“Uncle Fu,”
“Please don't think I didn't care about your recovery; work genuinely overwhelmed me.”
Visiting an ill acquaintance or junior/senior is a vital social norm in China; failing to maintain contact requires a face-saving, polite justification like pressing official work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
indeed; genuinely
Use this adverb to emphasize honesty and sincerity, especially when validating an excuse or opinion.
too busy
A standard and polite conversational justification in Chinese social etiquette when explaining delayed responses or visits.
Marks a change of state, highlighting the sudden surge in workload that prevented further visits.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really was busy before.”
“I've been tied up with too many affairs recently.”
“Maybe because I have so many things”