你非多加那十万 打肿脸充胖子
“Why must you act tough and add another 100,000 yuan?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你要不行你就别给三十五万了
“If you are incapable, just don't pay the 350,000 yuan.”
你非多加那十万 打肿脸充胖子
“Why must you act tough and add another 100,000 yuan?”
“You don't understand. That is the most important part.”
“You cannot afford this, but your stupid pride made you throw away money we do not have.”
The idiom '打肿脸充胖子' embodies the critique of destructive face-saving behavior, where someone endures real financial pain just to impress outsiders and maintain prestige.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on / stubbornly do something
A concise adverb used before verbs to highlight stubborn, perverse, or irrational insistence contrary to advice.
slap one's face to look fat (put on a brave front / posture beyond one's means)
A quintessential colloquial Chinese idiom used to criticize someone who pretends to have money or status at their own expense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How many times have I said it? 100,000 is not a small amount.”
“I'm even more confused. Why charge 10 yuan?”
“You don't have five million? Who are you trying to fool?”
“it wouldn't be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.”
“you will gain ten jin after a year.”
“And you're asking for 100,000 just like that?”