你應該為你沒有及時回家吃晚餐向你父親道歉。 - Zhictionary

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你應該為你沒有及時回家吃晚餐向你父親道歉。

You should apologize to Dad for not coming home in time for supper.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

ought to; should; must

as (in the capacity of)
to take sth as
to act as
to serve as
to behave as
to become
to be
to do
by (in the passive voice)

because of
for
to

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

haven't
hasn't
doesn't exist
to not have
to not be

timely; at the right time
promptly; without delay

to eat; to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate; to destroy
to absorb
to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

variant of 吃 chī

evening meal; dinner

classifiers: 份, 頓, 次

towards
to face
to turn towards
direction
to support
to side with
shortly before
formerly
always
all along
(suffix) suitable for ...
oriented to ...

to tend toward
to guide
variant of 向 xiàng

variant of 向 xiàng
direction
orientation
to face
to turn toward
to
towards
shortly before
formerly

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

father
also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個