给孩子留点面子好不好
“Can't you save our son some face?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
干吗真是
“What are you doing?”
给孩子 留点面子 好不好
“Can't you save our son some face?”
她自己这没生孩子 她生了孩子以后
“She hasn't had kids herself. Once she has a child,”
“Stop humiliating the child; you are crossing the line.”
Modern Chinese parenting increasingly values preserving a child's 'mianzi' (dignity/self-esteem) rather than strictly practicing authoritarian public scolding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
save some face / spare someone's dignity
Commonly used to ask someone to refrain from embarrassing or humiliating another person.
okay? / will you?
A tag question used at the end of an imperative or request to soften the imposition and seek consent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“show him some respect.”
“so Lord Zhao must show him some courtesy.”
“You men need to save face in front of others. So do boys.”