我不希望你退得过于狼狈
“I don't want you leaving in disgrace.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老范
“Fan,”
我 不希望你 退得过于狼狈
“I don't want you leaving in disgrace.”
所以我才会特地先来找你
“That's why I came to see you first.”
“You've lost, but if you step down now, you can at least save face.”
In Chinese business and administrative hierarchies, even when forcing an opponent out, one often offers a dignified exit to avoid mutually destructive desperation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
too disgraceful / overly humiliated
A formal descriptive chunk commonly used when describing someone who is forced into a corner or made to look utterly helpless.