道歉

dào qiàn · dao qian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to apologize

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)不(bú)会(huì)原(yuán)谅(liàng)你(nǐ),除(chú)非(fēi)你(nǐ)真(zhēn)诚(chéng)地(de)道(dào)歉(qiàn)。

I won’t forgive you unless you apologise sincerely.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)没(méi)发(fā)现(xiàn)任(rèn)何(hé)我(wǒ)该(gāi)道(dào)歉(qiàn)的(de)理(lǐ)由(yóu)。

I don't see any reason why I have to apologize.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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