你俩发小你好啥面
“Pride? But you're childhood friends.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你俩 发小 你好 啥面
“Pride? But you're childhood friends.”
好面
“Care about your pride?”
“You know each other inside out; drop the ego and act natural.”
While face-saving ('好面子') is crucial in formal social relations, maintaining face before childhood friends ('发小') is seen as unnecessary and absurdly pretentious.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
childhood friend
A colloquial northern term denoting a very close friend who grew up together with you from early childhood.
care excessively about face / prideful
Short for '好面子', describing someone who is overly concerned about their image, dignity, or status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's your deal with her?”
“I care about my pride.”
“What are you two doing?”
“Qian Fei, you brought your pretty boy to our blind date? Who are you calling a pretty boy?”
“I should've mentioned that we grew up together.”
“He's a "young hunk,"”