你们给我点点老脸 好不好
“Just let her off today for my sake, please?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的姑娘我晓得 她要强 欠你们的钱 一定能还上
“I know my daughter. She's strong-willed. She'll definitely repay the money.”
你们 给我 点点老脸 好不好
“Just let her off today for my sake, please?”
爸
“Dad?”
“Please stop humiliating my family and give me some dignity as an elder.”
In Chinese culture, directly asking others to 'spare face' for an elder is an act of deep humility and moral pressure, designed to make creditors hesitate out of traditional deference to age.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to show respect or give face to an elder
A highly emotional, self-deprecating plea used almost exclusively by elders when asking others to stop pressing an issue.
okay? / will you?
A tag question used here to soften an urgent appeal into an entreaty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to save your face.”
“You're embarrassing me!”
“you made me lose so much face.”
“Why did you have to make me drop the subject?”
“(You've embarrassed us all.)”
“How am I supposed to show my face after this?”