shuō

说

duì bù qǐ

对不起

Saying “I'm Sorry”

Oct 8, 2026

xiǎo měi小美bù不xiǎo xīn小心bǎ把shuǐ水dǎ fān打翻le了，xiàng向lǐ lǎo shī李老师dào qiàn道歉。lǐ lǎo shī李老师ān wèi安慰tā她，yě也péi陪tā她yì qǐ一起shōu shí收拾。

Xiaomei accidentally spills some water and apologizes to Teacher Li. Teacher Li comforts her and helps her clean up together.

李芳

xiǎo měi小美，nǐ你gāng cái刚才zěn me怎么le了？

Xiaomei, what happened just now?

小美

wǒ我bù不xiǎo xīn小心bǎ把shuǐ水dǎ fān打翻le了，duì bù qǐ对不起！

I accidentally spilled the water. I'm sorry!

李芳

méi guān xì没关系，xià cì下次xiǎo xīn小心yì diǎn一点jiù就hǎo好le了。

It's okay. Just be a little more careful next time.

小美

xiè xiè谢谢lǎo shī老师bāng帮wǒ我cā擦zhuō zi桌子。

Thank you, Teacher, for helping me wipe the table.

李芳

bú kè qì不客气，wǒ men我们yì qǐ一起shōu shí收拾jiù就gèng更kuài快le了。

You're welcome. It'll be faster if we clean up together.

小美

wǒ我yǐ hòu以后huì会màn màn慢慢ná拿shuǐ bēi水杯。

I'll carry my cup more carefully from now on.

李芳

zhè yàng这样hěn很hǎo好，zuò shì做事màn慢yì diǎn一点gèng更ān quán安全。

That's very good. Doing things a little more slowly is safer.

小美

lǎo shī老师shuō说“méi guān xì没关系”，wǒ我jiù就bù不nà me那么nán guò难过le了。

When you said, 'It's okay,' I didn't feel so sad anymore.

李芳

huì会dào qiàn道歉，yě也huì会yuán liàng原谅，zhè这hěn很zhòng yào重要。

Knowing how to apologize and how to forgive are both very important.

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