我夏长友脸 被你们丢尽了
“You two really let me down.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Want more plots of land? Want development? Develop what? This?”
我夏长友脸 被你们 丢尽了
“You two really let me down.”
老夏
“Xia.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Invoking one's full name alongside 'losing face completely' highlights how deeply personal honor is tied to subordinates' collective misconduct in Chinese social hierarchy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
completely lost; utterly exhausted (reputation/face)
Combines '丢' (lose) and '尽' (to the fullest degree) to express total, irredeemable loss of face.
by you all
Passive marker '被' combined with plural pronoun to assign direct blame onto a group.
Marks the completed state of total disgrace and amplifies the speaker's emotional outburst.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ms. Xia! Ms. Xia! How do you feel, Ms. Xia?”
“all belong to the Xia family. So what if I smashed them? What can you do to me?”
“So, Comrade Xia, please accept this.”
“Do you have a thing for her?”
“Are you willing to throw away your future for Zheng Xia?”
“Xia, I think we need to go to the provincial office”