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to arrive late for a scheduled class
因为堵车，我上课迟到了。
I was late for class because of traffic.
老师批评了上课迟到的同学。
The teacher criticized the students who were late for class.
Commonly used in educational contexts to describe arriving after the class has started.
Avoid using '上课晚了' to mean 'to be late for class' as it is less natural in most contexts. '上课迟到' is the preferred phrase.
Use '上课迟到' when referring to being late for a scheduled class, especially in formal or educational settings.
上课 (shàngkè) means 'to attend class' and 迟到 (chídào) means 'to be late'. The phrase combines these two to describe the specific act of arriving late to class.
This phrase is typically used in academic settings. It can be used as a verb phrase in sentences like '我上课迟到了' (I was late for class).