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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E9 (03:57) HSK 7
ér zi bèi kāi chú le nǐ jiào wǒ zhè zhāng lǎo liǎn wǎng nǎ ér gē

儿子被开除了 你叫我这张老脸 往哪儿搁

“and my son got expelled. How am I supposed to show my face in public?”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 03:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gǎo jiào yù de

搞教育的

“work in education,”

ér zi bèi kāi chú le nǐ jiào wǒ zhè zhāng lǎo liǎn wǎng nǎ ér gē CURRENT FOCUS

儿子 被开除了 你叫我这张 老脸 往哪儿搁

“and my son got expelled. How am I supposed to show my face in public?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái bú shì xià zi yù nà ge jiàn pēi zi a

“It's all because of Xia Ziyu, that little tramp.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: VENTING FRUSTRATION
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am utterly humiliated and have no dignity left in the community.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi (Face-saving and Family Honor)

In Chinese culture, children's failures directly reflect on parental honor, causing severe loss of 'face' before peers and the community.

INTENT TAGS: #loss_of_face #venting #reproach #shame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
老脸往哪儿搁 SPOKEN CHUNK

where can I put my face / how can I show my face anywhere

A highly colloquial idiom used by elders to convey deep embarrassment, shame, and lost dignity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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