还请三爷 能够看在我的份儿上
“I ask you to extend your forgiveness,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That girl has never had a scheming bone in her body.”
还请三爷 能够 看在我的份儿上
“I ask you to extend your forgiveness,”
原谅她这次
“for my sake.”
“Please do me a personal favor and overlook her mistake for my sake.”
In Chinese culture, asking someone to act 'for one's sake' explicitly stakes one's own social capital and respectability to shield another person from punishment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of / on account of
A vital idiomatic pattern used to appeal to personal ties, face, or past favors when asking for mercy or help.
I also humbly request / pray that you
A polite and formal deferential marker placed before requests to soften the demand.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if you could come, my lord.”
“And you want to see Third Master too. Just go quickly when I tell you to.”
“I suspect Mr. Chen wanted me”
“Thank you for saving me just now, Mr. Chen.”
“Why do you think Third Master is doing this?”
“Greetings, Mr. Chen. Rise and speak.”