说句让人愧心的
“To be honest, it's shameful.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“really, as Ge Zhancheng said, fight a tough battle?”
说句让人愧心的
“To be honest, it's shameful.”
鬼子只派了十几个人 一挺机枪
“The Japanese only sent a dozen men and one machine gun.”
“The truth is humiliating, but I have to be honest about our failure.”
Admitting an action that goes against conscience or personal honor exposes vulnerability and loss of face, requiring a formal prefacing phrase to soften the impact.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to speak frankly about something shameful
Used as a conversational preface before admitting an embarrassing or discreditable truth.
Functions as a nominalizer, turning the descriptive phrase into a noun phrase referring to a shameful statement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to shame. I can't compare at all.”
“I feel very guilty.”
“I'm truly ashamed.”
“I feel guilty to my family.”
“Ordinary people all have things they feel guilty about.”
“to my dad.”