要公平对待 不能厚此薄彼
“you must be impartial. You can't favor one more than the other.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
第一
“First,”
要公平对待 不能 厚此薄彼
“you must be impartial. You can't favor one more than the other.”
第二 如果你的男朋友 跟你哥哥闹矛盾
“Second, if your boyfriend has a quarrel with your brother,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Navigating loyalties between natal family members (like siblings) and romantic partners is a classic Chinese relational dilemma requiring diplomatic impartiality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
treat fairly / deal with impartially
A formal collocation used when demanding or establishing ethical balance.
favor one over the other / discriminate between parties
A common 4-character idiom (chengyu) describing unfair bias in treating two related parties.
