家丑不可以外扬 是
“Of course, we shouldn't air our dirty laundry in public. That's right.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
并不支持我们的做法 当然
“But the company disapproved of it. Of course, we shouldn't air our dirty laundry in public.”
家丑 不可以 外扬 是
“Of course, we shouldn't air our dirty laundry in public. That's right.”
所以我们没有上报
“So we didn't report it.”
“We handled this internally because exposing our flaws to higher-ups will ruin our reputation.”
Rooted in collectivist ethics, exposing flaws outside the in-group damages collective harmony and reputation, often used to justify keeping mistakes hidden.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not wash dirty linen in public
A widespread idiom used to justify concealing domestic or internal institutional troubles from the outside world.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't tell anyone about this.”
“wouldn't we just be airing our dirty laundry? But”
“I didn't want to air our dirty laundry,”