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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2 (03:10) HSK 7
wǒ ràng nǐ diū liǎn ràng nǐ méi miàn zi

我让你丢脸 让你没面子

“I embarrass you. I make you look bad.”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 03:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fǎn zhèng nǐ xián wǒ ma

“You don't like me anyway.”

wǒ ràng nǐ diū liǎn ràng nǐ méi miàn zi CURRENT FOCUS

我 让你丢脸 让你没面子

“I embarrass you. I make you look bad.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ nǐ bù xiǎng rèn wǒ

所以你不想认我

“That's why you refuse to acknowledge me.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GUILT TRIPPING
Tone: BITTER
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You only care about social status and appearances, and you are ashamed of me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Face Culture (Mianzi)

Face (面子) represents one's social dignity and reputation in Chinese culture; causing someone to lose face (丢脸) within family relationships is a profound source of interpersonal resentment and moral failure.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #guilt_tripping #expressing_hurt #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
丢脸 SPOKEN CHUNK

to lose face; to be humiliated

Common everyday phrase for feeling embarrassed or bringing shame to oneself or others.

没面子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have no face; to suffer a loss of prestige or dignity

Often paired with causative verbs like 让人 or 觉得 to express feeling socially disgraced.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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