失的礼 怕是更多
“I'll only be even ruder!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我要是不这么跑开
“If I stay,”
失的礼 怕是 更多
“I'll only be even ruder!”
我也是为了他好
“I'm doing this for his own good.”
“Running away was awkward, but staying would have created an unbearable scandal.”
In traditional Chinese society, maintaining proper decorum (Li) was paramount; any misstep was judged harshly, prompting people to go to great lengths to minimize social embarrassment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to breach etiquette; to commit a faux pas
Used in formal or semi-formal contexts to refer to impolite behavior or a failure to observe proper decorum.
I'm afraid that; most likely
A hedging adverb used to soften an estimation or pessimistic judgment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I thought one couldn't go wrong with being too polite.”
“How discourteous of me.”
“They said they'd rather smash the gift than give it back to me.”
“How much we've gained and how much we've lost”
“You should reciprocate. If you don't go, I'll ask Little Zhao.”
“I just got dumped.”