要登门给我道歉 报纸上写得清清楚楚 太爷
“and apologize to me in person. It's clearly written in the newspaper. Great-grandfather,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Whoever threw it should clean it up”
要 登门 给我 道歉 报纸上 写得清清楚楚 太爷
“and apologize to me in person. It's clearly written in the newspaper. Great-grandfather,”
还这么嘴硬
“still so stubborn.”
“You cannot brush this off—the evidence is in black and white, and I demand my full face back!”
Visiting someone's residence to apologize demonstrates ultimate humility and restores social face damaged by public disgrace.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to apologize in person at someone's home
A formal four-character idiom indicating the most sincere, face-giving form of apology in Chinese culture.
crystal clear; unmistakably
An AABB reduplication of '清楚', used for strong rhetorical emphasis.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“For making you and Master suffer so much,”
“I try to persuade Great-grandfather?”
“If you don't tell me where the master is, I'll go find him.”
“Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master.”
“with my life.”
“I came to apologize to you, Your Excellency.”