丢的也是我李家的颜面哪 七婶
“only brings shame on our own family! Aunt Rujun,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
丢的 也是 我李家的 颜面 哪 七婶
“only brings shame on our own family! Aunt Rujun,”
景东所做皆为李墨
“everything I do is for our family's business.”
“Stop criticizing me; I did this to protect the honor of our whole clan, not just myself.”
In clan-based Chinese societies, an individual's conduct directly impacts the prestige and social standing of the entire lineage in the public eye.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lose face or tarnish the prestige of
A core idiomatic collocation used when an action brings public shame upon an individual, family, or group.
Adds emotional intensity and an appealing yet insistent tone to the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Even if I'm a disgrace, what does it have to do with your Li family?”
“to you and the Li family.”
“or the Li family?”
“Haven't you been kicked out by the Li family? You're no better than a stray dog.”
“Our Li family can lose anything,”
“You shouldn't still refer to them as the Li family, but as your in-laws.”