不过就是因为燕迟 让你当众丢了面子
“only because Yan Chi humiliated you in front of everyone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你今日这般对我
“You're treating me like this”
不过 就是因为 燕迟 让你 当众 丢了面子
“only because Yan Chi humiliated you in front of everyone.”
你没有办法堂堂正正地胜过他 所以只能靠欺辱我
“You can't defeat him fair and square, so you're trying to bully me”
“You are taking out your wounded pride on me because you are too weak to fight him yourself.”
Losing face in front of an audience ('当众丢了面子') represents an unbearable social injury in Chinese culture, which often drives individuals to retaliate against easier targets.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply because / nothing more than because
Use this to minimize someone's elaborate excuse and reduce their action to a petty or trivial motive.
in public / in front of everyone
A common adverbial used to emphasize that an act or embarrassment took place in front of a crowd.
lost face / suffered embarrassment
Essential idiom for describing public humiliation or a blow to one's social standing and pride.
