那这么做了 你让云旗的脸面往哪儿搁啊
“If you do that, where will Yunqi put his face?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我保证这小狐狸精住不下去 马上就走 可不能这样
“I guarantee that little vixen won't be able to stay. She'll leave immediately. You can't do that.”
那 这么做 了 你让云旗的 脸面往哪儿搁 啊
“If you do that, where will Yunqi put his face?”
“How can he show his face at the foreign firm?”
“Think about him for once; you are going to utterly humiliate him!”
Preserving 'face' (mianzi) is vital for maintaining professional standing and respectability; publicly undermining someone's face can destroy their ability to function in society ('zuoren').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
where can one put one's face; how can one save face
A fixed rhetorical idiom used to criticize actions that cause extreme public humiliation or loss of dignity.
to do this; to act in this manner
Standard demonstrative phrase used to refer back to a recently proposed action or scheme.
Enhances the rhetorical impact and conveys deep exasperation at the listener's inconsiderate idea.
