大人有大量 就饶过我吧
“please be the bigger person and spare me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
夏小姐 我知道错了 我知道错了 二位
“Ms. Xia. I was wrong! I was wrong. You two,”
大人有大量 就 饶过 我吧
“please be the bigger person and spare me!”
要是在以前啊 本少早就亲自处理了
“In the past, I would have handled this myself.”
“You are powerful and important, so please show mercy and do not ruin me.”
A traditional rhetorical strategy that elevates the offended party's moral and social status, subtly binding them to act with noble forbearance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a great person has great magnanimity / be generous enough to forgive
A set idiomatic expression used almost exclusively when apologizing and pleading with someone superior or offended to show mercy.
to spare; to let off; to forgive
Commonly used in serious apologies or desperate requests to avoid severe punishment.
Softens the command into an earnest, desperate plea for mercy.
