他一点颜面都不给我留
“and he couldn't spare me a shred of dignity.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我明天就出国了 这是最后一次见面了
“I'm leaving this country tomorrow. This is my last meeting,”
他一点 颜面 都不 给我 留
“and he couldn't spare me a shred of dignity.”
你想离开吗
“Do you want to stay?”
“He humiliated me and destroyed my dignity without caring at all.”
Not leaving someone face (不留颜面) is considered a severe social injury in Chinese interpersonal relations, representing extreme disrespect or emotional severance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
leave no dignity whatsoever; show zero consideration for someone's face
Use this collocation when someone exposes, embarrasses, or rebukes another person publicly without mercy.
save someone's face; spare someone's feelings/dignity
A formal and dramatic expression for preserving someone's social reputation or self-respect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He summons her whenever he wants and dismisses her just as easily. He doesn't give her any respect at all.”
“Since you won't give me any face,”
“So, you won't give me any face?”
“means disrespecting Chairman Du.”
“you're making me lose face.”
“that you won't show me, Ke, any respect?”
“We're long past the point of playing nice.”