🎙️1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ After All, What a Pity: A Small Mistake and Three Useful Expressions
Chinese Bites — with Jianying | HSK3️⃣Show Notes
A small delay, a missed plan, and a quiet realization — today’s episode shows how three very natural Chinese expressions appear in everyday life: 害得 (caused me to) 可惜 (what a pity) 到底 (after all / in the end)
Hello，大家好，我是Janine。Hello, dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Janine.Hello everyone, I’m Janine.
昨天我本来打算下班以后去见一个朋友。Zuótiān wǒ běnlái dǎsuàn xiàbān yǐhòu qù jiàn yí gè péngyou.Yesterday I originally planned to meet a friend after work.
可是工作的时候，Kěshì gōngzuò de shíhou,But while I was working,
我一直在回消息、看邮件，wǒ yìzhí zài huí xiāoxi, kàn yóujiàn,I kept replying to messages and checking emails,
害得我下班的时候已经很晚了。 hàide wǒ xiàbān de shíhou yǐjīng hěn wǎn le.which caused me to finish work very late.
朋友给我发消息说他已经到了，Péngyou gěi wǒ fā xiāoxi shuō tā yǐjīng dào le,My friend messaged me saying he had already arrived,
可是我还在公司。kěshì wǒ hái zài gōngsī.but I was still at the office.
最后我们只能取消见面。Zuìhòu wǒmen zhǐ néng qǔxiāo jiànmiàn.In the end, we had to cancel.
我心里觉得有点儿可惜。Wǒ xīnli juéde yǒudiǎnr kěxī.I felt it was such a pity.
不过我想了想，Búguò wǒ xiǎng le xiǎng,But then I thought about it,
到底还是我没安排好时间。 Dàodǐ háishi wǒ méi ānpái hǎo shíjiān. After all, I didn’t manage my time well.
下次我一定早点儿走。Xià cì wǒ yídìng zǎodiǎn zǒu. Next time, I’ll definitely leave earlier.
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