如今我是惭愧无地
“Now that I am overwhelmed by shame.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这是府里的对牌 和库房的钥匙
“Here are the household tallies and the keys to the storehouse.”
如今 我是 惭愧无地
“Now that I am overwhelmed by shame.”
“I'm not in the position to run this household.”
“I messed up completely and have no choice but to step down.”
Managing the family estate required impeccable moral standing; losing face (meilian) meant an inability to command respect, necessitating surrender of the symbolic keys and tallies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely ashamed / feeling utterly mortified
A formal idiom used to express intense embarrassment or failure before superiors or peers.