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bào qiàn
adj. feeling apologetic about, sorry
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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bào qiàn wǒ bú shì gù yì de
phr. Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose.
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duì yú gěi nín zào chéng de kùn rǎo, wó gǎn dào hěn bào qiàn .
phr. I feel deeply sorry for the trouble I have caused you.
suí kǒu shuō shēng bào qiàn
phr. Blunder out an apology
hěn bào qiàn kǒng pà bù xíng
phr. So sorry. I'm afraid no.
hěn bào qiàn
phr. very sorry; many apologies
zhì gǎn bào qiàn
phr. (often in Taiwan, very formal) sincerely feel sorry
fēi cháng bào qiàn
phr. (I'm) terribly sorry.
zhēn bào qiàn
phr. feel really sorry, be truly apologetic
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wó hén xiǎng qù, dàn shì, hěn bào qiàn, xiàn zài méi yǒu shí jiān
phr. I would like to go very much. But I'm so sorry -- (I) don't have time now.
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hěn bào qiàn, méi yǒu jí shí huí fù nǐ .
phr. So sorry, (I) did not reply to you in time.