HEYGOW ASMR

Waiting and red tape

10 phrases
HD
děng le kuài yí ge xiǎoshí.
等了快一个小时。
ENI've waited nearly an hour
HD
duì pái de kàn bu dào tóu.
队排得看不到头。
ENthe queue has no end in sight
HD
shǒuxù tài máfan le.
手续太麻烦了。
ENthe paperwork is a nightmare
HD
pǎo le sān tàng hái méi bànchéng.
跑了三趟还没办成。
ENthree trips and still not done
HD
yòu yào chóngxīn tián yí biàn.
又要重新填一遍。
ENI have to fill it in all over again
HD
diànhuà yìzhí dǎ bu tōng.
电话一直打不通。
ENthe line is never free
HD
xìtǒng yòu bēng le.
系统又崩了。
ENthe system's crashed again
HD
yìzhí méi rén huífù.
一直没人回复。
ENnobody ever replies
HD
zhè yě tài màn le ba.
这也太慢了吧。
ENthis is unbelievably slow
HD
bái pǎo yí tàng.
白跑一趟。
ENa wasted trip

白跑一趟 - a trip made in vain - uses 白 (white) to mean "for nothing", and the same 白 appears in 白忙一场 and 白等了. Learn 白 as a prefix of futility and several complaints open at once.