不需要有什么必须要下的台阶
“There isn't any step I must come down from.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都已经安排好了
“for my staff and authors.”
不需要 有什么 必须要 下 的 台阶
“There isn't any step I must come down from.”
你自己呢
“What about you?”
“You don't need to make excuses to save face with me; let's just be completely honest.”
In Chinese social interactions, offering a 'taijie' (step) allows an interlocutor to back down gracefully without losing mianzi (face).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to find a way out of an awkward situation or save face
A very common metaphor used when someone needs a polite pretext to back down from a stubborn stance without losing face.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's no hurdle in life that can't be overcome.”
“I don't really have any demands.”
“and no step is impossible to come down from.”