没脸的事说它做什么
“Why bring up something so shameful?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你快说呀
“Tell me.”
没脸的事 说它 做什么
“Why bring up something so shameful?”
姑娘 姑娘
“Miss! Miss!”
“Drop it! It's too humiliating to talk about, so stop asking me.”
In Chinese culture, vocalizing an event where one lost face ('没脸') re-inflicts shame, making the refusal to talk a natural psychological and social defense mechanism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
disgraceful / shameless / losing face
A colloquial and vivid expression used to describe situations or actions that bring immense shame or humiliation.
why bother / what's the point of
Placed at the end of a rhetorical question to challenge or dismiss the necessity of doing something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Pushing his luck.”
“I can't face them.”
“it won't look good for the company.”
“have any shame. What do you think he said in the end?”
“If you have any shame, don't play tricks.”
“is not an embarrassing thing.”