这管我又要这又要那的 一点面子都没给
“He asked me for all the formalities. He didn't save me any face.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前段时间 去他所里调个档案
“A while ago, I visited his police station to get a file.”
这 管我 又要 这 又要 那的 一点面子都没给
“He asked me for all the formalities. He didn't save me any face.”
都是跟你学的
“He learned it from you.”
“He made things deliberately difficult for me and showed zero respect for my seniority.”
In Chinese social interaction, refusing to bend administrative rules for an acquaintance or elder colleague is often perceived as a deliberate denial of personal respect (mianzi).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't give any face at all; showed no respect whatsoever
Used to complain about someone who rigidly refused a favor or publicly disregarded one's status.
demanding this and demanding that
An informal spoken pattern used to express annoyance at excessive procedural demands or nitpicking requirements.
Emphasizes the persistent and unreasonable manner in which the demands were made.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feed you and take care of you, and now you don't even know your place anymore?”
“None of your business. I'm not asking you to pay for it.”
“I can't control what they say; I can only control what they eat.”
“I can't keep trying to control you.”
“You don't care about your reputation. I do.”
“and have him keep an eye on you. What's your problem? Why do I need someone to keep an eye on me?”