Answer key34763 Expressing apologies, regrets, sympathy, and bad news
1 a. ሯу䎭Ⱦ/ቃу䎭ȾDuìbuqh. Excuse me. b. уླᝅᙓȾBù hfo yìsi. How
embarrassing. c. ሯу䎭Ⱦ/ቃу䎭ȾDuìbuqh. Excuse me. d. ⵕᣧmȾZhbn
bàoqiàn. I really apologize. (I am really sorry.) e. ሯу䎭Ⱦ/ቃу䎭ȾDuìbuqh.
Excuse me.
2 a. ⵕਥᜒȾZhbn kgxc. What a pity.
b. ᑂᵑ֖ᰟᰛᓭགྷȾ
Xcwàng nh zfo rì kangfù.
I hope your health is soon restored.
c. 䛙འਥᜒҼȾ
Nà tài kgxc le.
That’s a pity.
d. ⵕਥᜒȾZhbn kgxc. What a pity.
or
ཧ䍛ᱥᡆࣕҁ∃Ⱦ
ཧᮍᱥᡆࣕҁ∃Ⱦ
Shcbài shì chénggdng zhc mj ma.
Failure is the mother of success.
e. ⵕਥᜒȾZhbn kgxc. What a pity.
f. ཐؓ䠃䓡։Ⱦ
ཐؓ䠃䓡儊Ⱦ
Dud bfozhòng shbnth.
Take care of your health.
3 A. c B. a C. b D. b
64 Expressing congratulations and good wishes
1 a. ൙䈔ᘡ҆έ/㚌䃋ᘡ‸έShèngdàn kuàilè! Merry Christmas!
b. ᯦ᒪᘡ҆έ/᯦ᒪᘡ‸έXcnnián kuàilè! Happy New Year!
c. ᚣਇ䍘έ/ᚣⲲ䋗έGdngxh fa cái! Congratulations and get rich!
d. ᒼ角᯦႐Ⱦ
ឬ角᯦႐Ⱦ
Qìngzhù xcn hen.
Congratulations on your wedding.
e. 角䍰ᔶᕖཝਿȾ
角䋶䯁ᕫཝਿȾ
Zhù hè kaizhang dàjí.
Wishing you extraordinary good luck on your great business opening.