苦苦哀求小师妹放过自己
“and begged you to spare him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听说周少庄主跪下来
“They say Young Lord Zhou knelt”
苦苦哀求 小 师妹 放过自己
“and begged you to spare him.”
他平日里
“He was always”
“Can you believe he threw away all his pride and humiliated himself like that?”
Kneeling and bitterly begging represents an utter forfeit of dignity and social face, which makes it particularly juicy gossip in hierarchical social circles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to beg bitterly; to plead desperately
Use this literary four-character expression to describe someone imploring for mercy or favors in extreme desperation.
let oneself off; spare oneself
Here used objectively to describe letting someone off the hook or giving them a pass.