我燕迟还有何脸面
“how can I still call myself”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若是这些话传出去
“If word like that gets out,”
我燕迟 还有 何 脸面
“how can I still call myself”
忝为朔西军少帅
“the Young Marshal of the Shuoxi Army?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional China, an aristocratic commander's 'face' represented not merely personal pride, but the collective credibility and prestige of his military clan and troops.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what face is left; how can one have the dignity to...
A formal rhetorical idiom expressing profound disgrace or inability to face others.