孔桂芳 你还是太好面子
“Kong Guifang, you care too much about face.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
孝顺
“being filial.”
孔桂芳 你 还是 太 好面子
“Kong Guifang, you care too much about face.”
虚伪
“Hypocritical.”
“Drop the act; you're just pretending so you don't look bad.”
Caring excessively about social reputation ('mianzi') often leads people in Chinese culture to do burdensome things just to appear capable or filial, which family members often tease or criticize.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
concerned with saving face; excessively proud
Used as an adjective/verb phrase to describe someone who goes out of their way to maintain prestige or avoid public embarrassment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ms. Kong Guifang's wonderful son, Mr. Kong Xiaocan.”
“Guifang, this thing is never-ending.”
“Give our Gui Fang some space.”
“Gui Fang, I was simply amazing just now.”
“Guifang, you're the best”
“As expected of Kong Guifang, who took the college by storm”