为她老公的事做小伏低的样子
“acting so submissively for her husband.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们没见她刚才那样
“You didn't see how she was just now,”
为她 老公 的事 做小伏低 的样子
“acting so submissively for her husband.”
我看了都觉得可怜
“I felt sorry just watching her.”
“She totally humiliated herself by groveling like that.”
Debasing oneself (做小伏低) is perceived as a profound loss of face (面子), yet often done out of familial duty or marital loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to act subserviently; to humble oneself meekly
An idiom describing lowering one's pride or adopting an excessively servile attitude to placate others.