不会砸自己的招牌
“You won't ruin your own reputation, will you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
想来先生
“You won't ruin your own reputation, will you?”
不会 砸 自己的 招牌
“You won't ruin your own reputation, will you?”
云栖先生就爱说笑
“Master Yunqi just loves to joke.”
“You don't need to worry; someone with his standing would never risk his reputation over this.”
A person's or shop's 'signboard' symbolizes their hard-earned credibility and social face; harming it is considered the ultimate self-inflicted blow to professional survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tarnish one's own reputation / ruin one's own brand
A vivid idiomatic expression used to describe doing something subpar that destroys one's established professional credibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We can't ruin Purong Hotel's reputation.”
“Otherwise, I would have ruined our reputation.”
“trying to ruin its own name?”