你这是故意在别人面前给我难堪
“You're doing this on purpose to make me look bad.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我可能会很频繁地出差
“I'll be on business trips all the time.”
你 这是 故意 在别人面前 给我 难堪
“You're doing this on purpose to make me look bad.”
又不是我逼着你要跟我结婚的
“I didn't force you to marry me.”
“You don't care about my dignity at all and you are humiliating me on purpose.”
Causing embarrassment in front of outsiders is considered a grave offense in Chinese culture, far worse than a private dispute.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
put someone in an awkward position; humiliate someone
A common colloquial phrase used when someone causes public loss of face or acute embarrassment.
in front of others; in public
Standard phrase emphasizing the public setting, which heightens the loss of face.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feel nervous and awkward.”
“You're messing with me, aren't you?”
“Are you messing with me on purpose?”
“You deliberately made things difficult for me, didn't you?”
“Are you provoking me on purpose?”