还这么给我点薄面 是吧
“some respect. Right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个老头子了
“you still show an old man like me”
还这么 给我点薄面 是吧
“some respect. Right?”
这事就这么过去了
“It's over.”
“You are doing me a solid by dropping this, and I appreciate you honoring my status.”
Referring to one's own prestige as 'thin face' (bo mian) demonstrates proper humility while simultaneously validating the other party's generosity in granting it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
show a little deference / do someone a modest favor out of respect
A modest and polite idiom used to acknowledge that someone is accommodating you out of respect for your standing.
right? / isn't that so?
Appended to a statement to invite agreement, soften a direct statement, or confirm consensus.
Solicits tacit agreement and softens the inquiry, turning a demand into a polite confirmation.