What Does "倒保全了大家的颜面" (dào bǎo quán le dà jiā de yán miàn) Mean?

dào倒bǎo保quán全le了dà大jiā家de的yán颜miàn面

That way, everyone gets to save face.

HSK Vocabulary

倒H4 了H1 大家H1 的H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E25

Clip Timestamp

38:58

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	不如我大大方方地还予人家	bù rú wǒ dà dà fāng fāng dì hái yǔ rén jiā	Better for me to return them openly and generously to her.
2▶	倒保全了大家的颜面	dào bǎo quán le dà jiā de yán miàn	That way, everyone gets to save face.
3	等到哪一天她上门来要	děng dào nǎ yī tiān tā shàng mén lái yào	If we waited until the day she came to demand them back,

More Clips From Episode

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这要是贸然退了亲

zhè yào shì mào rán tuì le qīnIf we hastily break off the engagement,

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岂不是棒打鸳鸯了

qǐ bù shì bàng dǎ yuān yāng lewouldn't that be like tearing apart a pair of lovebirds?

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可不是什么鸳鸯野鸭子

kě bú shì shén me yuān yāng yě yā zinot some wild bird.

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是是是是我说错话了

shì shì shì shì wǒ shuō cuò huà leYes, yes. I misspoke.

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既然话都说到这个份上了

jì rán huà dōu shuō dào zhè ge fèn shàng leSince things have been said so plainly,

文秀和怜姐儿的婚事拖了太长时间

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文秀和怜姐儿的婚事拖了太长时间

wén xiù hé lián jiě ér de hūn shì tuō le tài zhǎng shí jiānWenxiu and Lian's wedding has been dragging on for far too long.

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贵府要真有诚意

guì fǔ yào zhēn yǒu chéng yìIf your family is truly sincere,

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那就把诚意拿出来吧

nà jiù bǎ chéng yì ná chū lái bathen show us.

多谢亲家老太太我这就回去准备准备

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多谢亲家老太太我这就回去准备准备

duō xiè qìng jia lǎo tài tài wǒ zhè jiù huí qù zhǔn bèi zhǔn bèiThank you, Old Madam Gu, my future in-law. I'll go back and prepare right away.

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姑娘一场秋雨一场凉

gū niáng yī cháng qiū yǔ yī cháng liángMy Lady, with each autumn rain, a deeper chill settles in.

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我明知道他是要来提亲的

wǒ míng zhī dào tā shì yào lái tí qīn deI knew all along that he intended to propose marriage.

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我真的要嫁人了

wǒ zhēn de yào jià rén lereally getting married?

你二伯父知道这个消息高兴坏了这会儿

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你二伯父知道这个消息高兴坏了这会儿

nǐ èr bó fù zhī dào zhè ge xiāo xī gāo xìng huài le zhè huì erWhen your second uncle heard the news, he was overjoyed. Right now,

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二伯母给你赔罪了这怎么敢

èr bó mǔ gěi nǐ péi zuì le zhè zěn me gǎnI apologize to you here. I cannot accept such an apology.

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自小被我给惯坏了她口无遮拦

zì xiǎo bèi wǒ gěi guàn huài le tā kǒu wú zhē lánhas been spoiled by me since childhood. She speaks without thinking,

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其实心里也后悔着呢

qí shí xīn lǐ yě hòu huǐ zhe nebut deep down she regrets it.

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倒是澜姐儿三番四次地被你欺负

dǎo shì lán jiě ér sān fān sì cì dì bèi nǐ qī fùBut Lan has been bullied by you time and time again.

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你该赔礼的人是她才对你

nǐ gāi péi lǐ de rén shì tā cái duì nǐShe is the one you should be apologizing to. You...

是是是怜姐儿知道错了我们就说着

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是是是怜姐儿知道错了我们就说着

shì shì shì lián jiě ér zhī dào cuò le wǒ men jiù shuō zheYes, yes. Lian knows she was wrong. We were just talking about

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这二太太的弯儿转得可真快

zhè èr tài tài de wān ér zhuǎn dé kě zhēn kuàiSecond Madam certainly changed her tune fast.