我这个脸往哪儿放啊 不行 为了一条项链
“money, I'd lose face. No. I can't take”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这么贵重的东西 康卓玛 应该的 收了你的钱
“It's valuable. Ms. Kang. If I took your”
我 这个 脸往哪儿放 啊 不行 为了一条项链
“money, I'd lose face. No. I can't take”
连康卓玛的钱都敢收 不行 不行 他们会笑话的
“your money for a necklace. No. They'd laugh.”
“My pride and social standing are worth way more than this trivial piece of jewelry.”
Losing face (diulian) in front of one's community is often considered far worse than suffering material loss in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
where can I put my face (how could I show my face)
A dramatic idiom used to describe acute shame, disgrace, or loss of face.
for the sake of; because of
Used here to minimize the cause, highlighting that the object is not worth the consequence.
Heightens emotional intensity and rhetorical exasperation regarding shame.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't even know where to hide my face.”
“I'll be so embarrassed.”
“How can the royal family be humiliated?”