对不起 Duìbùqĭ

对 –a right hand+a thumb (inch)=to treat

不 - bird rising to heaven=no

起 - zou3, to walk (a bent over person with his foot in the part below)+ji3(self , threads in a loom)=qi3, to rise, to get up, to start, to begin

不用谢Búyòngxiè (literally:don’t use thanks)

用to divine, to foretell(bu3)+centre(zhong1)=to use

不客气

客 - a house[mian2] + phonetic(separate or each-ge4)

气 –qi4 – rice+air=manner, spirit, morale

你从哪儿来?

Nĭ cóng năr lái？

Cong2 to follow, to obey (2 people)

nar3=mouth+moon+peak+legs of a child

lai2 to come=ears of wheat hanging from a wheat plant

ni3= a person with (er3) breath which enters inside him and then the breath is separated

Wo3=a hand holding a halberd

我从 ... 来.

Wǒ cóng … lái.

花多长时间 ?

Huā duōcháng shíjiān? How long does it take?

花 – a plant and to change (person+transform by putting someone upside down), 2 meanings: a flower, to spend

多 -  many moons=much, many

长 – a high table+a changed person+death=long, length, duration

时 – the sun+a thumb=season, time, hour

间 – sunlight through a door=a space, a measure word for rooms