实在羞愧难当
“I'm truly ashamed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
反倒先动了这不该有的私情
“I allowed myself to fall for someone.”
实在 羞愧难当
“I'm truly ashamed.”
但下官与轻烟姑娘清清白白
“But we have always conducted ourselves properly. There has never been anything improper between us.”
“I admit I was emotionally tempted and I feel guilty, but I never crossed the physical line.”
In Confucian bureaucracy, a subordinate must proactively express extreme shame over ethical lapses before arguing legal innocence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
overwhelmed by shame / unbearable humiliation
An advanced four-character idiom expressing profound remorse and ethical embarrassment in formal self-reproach.
truly / genuinely
Used as an intensifier to underscore the sincerity of one's emotion or confession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feel very guilty.”
“I'm ashamed.”
“I'm sorry. Please forgive me, My Lord.”
“I feel deeply ashamed and remorseful. ♪ Every one of them gives me the strength not to fear being hurt ♪”
“I feel guilty to my family.”