我们虚荣总好过交流下
“Being vain is better than that exchange”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你跟人说这些干嘛呀
“Why would you tell people that?”
我们 虚荣 总好过 交流下
“Being vain is better than that exchange”
你弄得又花这些没有用的钱
“You make me spend this useless money”
“I'd rather waste money looking impressive than be looked down upon.”
In Chinese social life, people often engage in conspicuous spending to project status and avoid losing face, triggering arguments with thriftier family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at least better than; preferable to
Used when justifying an imperfect choice by comparing it against a worse outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can consider me vain”
“It was just my vanity. I hate myself for it.”
“little girl. I just feel embarrassed.”
“and laughable pride of yours.”
“Because I think you're hypocritical.”
“is just enough to feed your vanity!”