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Saturday, March 13, 2010

2010.03.12 -- Some additional explanation for "Excuse me"



we have learned three different ways to say "Excuse me" in Chinese(see 2010.03.05 -- Learning "Excuse me" and “Sorry”), today we learn another new one:

  • When you are with other people(playing or talking), and you are several minutes away for some personal reasons, for example you want to buy cigarettes in a shop outside, or you saw your old friend just come to the party, you need to say hello to him/her, or even you need to pick up a phone call ,you could say : “失(shī)陪(péi)一(yí)下(xià)
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