oblique tone
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仄: 仄 【ze】 仄narrow；仄zè(1)(会意。小篆字形象人侧身在山崖洞穴里的形状。本义:倾斜)(2)同本义 【oblique】仄,侧倾也。――《说文》行山者仄輮。――《周礼·考工记·车人》众畏其口… 详情
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Archive for June 28th, 2010
Business Chinese – Put on hold for too long 等候太久 – Chinese School
Monday, June 28th, 2010Put on hold for too long
A: Do not put me on hold again, please!
B: I’m very sorry, madam.. The phones have been ringing off the hock.
A: Excuse me, but that’s not my problem! I was just put on hold for the fourth time!
B: I do apologize, madam. How may I help you?
等候太久
A：不要再让我等啦，拜托了！
B：非常抱歉，夫人。电话总是响个不停。
A：对不起，那不是我的问题。这已经是我第四次被搁置等候了。
B：实在抱歉，夫人。我能为您做什么？
(Source: wwenglish.com)
