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chí dào
v. be late, arrive late
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

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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duì bu qǐ, wǒ chí dào le .
phr. Sorry, I am late.
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duì bu qǐ, wǒ chí dào le, zháo jí le ba
phr. Sorry, I am late. You must have been worried
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qǐng nín yuán liàng, wǒ chí dào le .
phr. Please forgive me, I'm late!
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kuài yì diǎnr, wǒ men yào chí dào le .
phr. Hurry up, or we'll be late.
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bù guǎn tiān qì duō me bù hǎo, tā dōu bú huì chí dào .
phr. She won't be late no matter how bad the weather is.
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tā shàng bān de shí hou yù dào le jiāo tōng dǔ sè, jié guǒ chí dào le .
phr. He is late for work because he was caught in the traffic jam.
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tā yǐ shēng bìng zuò wéi chí dào de jiè kǒu .
phr. He plead illness as the excuse of being late.
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wǒ shàng bān chí dào le, bèi láo bǎn chòu mà le yí dùn .
phr. I was late for work, and was scolded severely by the boss.
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xué xiào jué dìng chǔ fèn nā xiē jīng cháng shàng kè chí dào de xué shēng .
phr. The school decided to punish the students who are always late for class.
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tā jīng cháng chí dào, wǒ men zhí háo bǎ tā cí tuì le .
phr. He was always late, so we had to fire him.
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qì chē zài bàn lù shàng chū le gù zhàng, jié guó wǒ men chí dào le .
phr. The car had a breakdown halfway, and as a result we were late.
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wǒ chí dào le, xìng ér huì yì tuī chí le .
phr. I was late but luckily the meeting has been delayed.
bú huì chí dào
phr. will not be late
wǒ chí dào le
phr. I'm late