我就再麻烦你一阵子
“I trouble you for a bit longer?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那要不
“Then, how about”
我 就 再 麻烦你一阵子
“I trouble you for a bit longer?”
不麻烦
“It's okay.”
“I have no other choice right now, so please bear with me just a bit longer.”
Even among acquaintances, asking for extended favors requires explicit verbal acknowledgment of 'bothering' the host to show modesty and preserve relational harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to trouble you / to bother you
An essential polite formula used whenever asking someone for a favor or accepting hospitality.
a period of time / a little while
Used to denote a vague, relatively short duration to make requests sound less demanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we've troubled you again.”
“sorry for the trouble.”
“Sorry for causing you trouble again.”
“Can I trouble you to look after Xiaohe for a while?”
“I need to stay here for another while.”