打了牙往肚子里吞
“out of pride.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有的人为了面子
“Some people swallow their pain”
打了牙往肚子里吞
“out of pride.”
我这次来是给你机会 你得抓住了
“I'm here to give you a chance. You need to seize it.”
“Stop pretending everything is fine just to save face; you are suffering and you know it.”
Saving face is paramount in Chinese social culture, often leading people to endure intense private pain rather than admit defeat or failure publicly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to suffer silently without complaining; to swallow one's grievances
A vivid colloquial idiom describing someone enduring humiliation, pain, or defeat in secret to preserve dignity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“than let family matters become public.”
“She just swallows whatever hardships. Sir, Xiaohe is almost like my junior.”
“I endured by swallowing every ounce of bitterness.”