《The Lead》 S1·E5 (24:41)
HSK 6
dāng rán yě shì wèi le wéi hù nǐ de liǎn miàn wǒ bù dé bù
当然也是为了维护你的脸面 我不得不
“and to protect your reputation, I had no choice”
《The Lead》
S1·E5
TIMECODE: 24:41
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wèi le bǎo hù huā cǎi xiāng zhǔ jué de kǒu bēi
为了保护花彩香主角的口碑
“To protect the name of Hua Caixiang as the lead”
dāng rán yě shì wèi le wéi hù nǐ de liǎn miàn wǒ bù dé bù
CURRENT FOCUS
当然 也是 为了维护你的 脸面 我 不得不
“and to protect your reputation, I had no choice”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shí cháng zhǎo huā cǎi xiāng tán tán xīn
时常找花彩香谈谈心
“but to talk with Hua Caixiang.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
JUSTIFYING ACTIONS
Tone:
TACTFUL
Emotion:
CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me for getting involved; I did this awkward thing to protect your reputation.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi (Face-saving Interventions)
In Chinese organizational settings, preemptive interventions are frequently justified as protecting someone's 'face' (social respectability), rendering objections harder to make.
INTENT TAGS:
#face_saving
#justification
#appeasement
#diplomacy
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
维护脸面
SPOKEN CHUNK
to uphold someone's face/reputation
A key social collocation referring to protecting someone from public embarrassment or loss of standing.
不得不
SPOKEN CHUNK
to have no choice but to; to be forced to
Used to justify one's actions by attributing them to external necessity or moral obligation.
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