不然真是自降身份
“Otherwise, you'd be lowering yourself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是最好
“That would be the best.”
不然 真是 自降身份
“Otherwise, you'd be lowering yourself.”
“I am far too important and refined to stoop down to that level.”
Maintaining an appropriate level of prestige according to one's social status is paramount; stooping to actions beneath one's class causes a serious loss of respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To lower one's status; to demean oneself
A standard four-character phrase used when an individual refuses to engage in an activity or association perceived as beneath their dignity.
Otherwise it would really be...
A conversational connective pattern used to emphasize the unacceptable consequences of an alternative scenario.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“From a low-born entertainer”
“I also thought my status was noble,”
“and you will become a true mortal.”
“and you're lowering yourself to take me as a concubine,”
“Don't make it sound so noble.”
“You really think yourself a decent woman.”