你们仨每人 给自己三个嘴巴 给大家道歉
“Give yourselves three slaps across the face. Apologize to everyone,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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你们仨每人 给 自己 三个 嘴巴 给大家 道歉
“Give yourselves three slaps across the face. Apologize to everyone,”
“and promise never to mug anyone from Yu County again. Then I'll let you go.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Forcing wrongdoers to slap their own faces publicly strips their dignity and forces an admission of guilt, restoring moral face to the victims in informal conflict resolution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to slap someone's face / give someone a slap
A colloquial northern expression where '嘴巴' refers to a slap on the cheek or mouth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I got the three of you, so, no one would introduce anyone to me.”
“The three of us are counting on you to tutor us.”
“Give her a chance to apologize.”
“San just wanted to help me get even.”
“or an apology required, I'll bear it as well.”
“[Mediation Center] All three of you, have you decided? Do you want to handle this officially or privately?”