What Does "给陈家争脸面" (gěi chén jiā zhēng liǎn miàn) Mean?

gěi给chén陈jiā家zhēng争liǎn脸miàn面

just to bring honor to the Chen family.

HSK Vocabulary

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E33

Clip Timestamp

19:52

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	我拼命苦读	wǒ pīn mìng kǔ dú	I've worked myself to the bone studying
2▶	给陈家争脸面	gěi chén jiā zhēng liǎn miàn	just to bring honor to the Chen family.
3	对陈家所有人逢迎奉承我做的还不够吗	duì chén jiā suǒ yǒu rén féng yíng fèng chéng wǒ zuò de hái bù gòu ma	I've catered to everyone in the Chen family. Haven't I done enough?

More Clips From Episode

Total 123 clips (Page 1 of 7)

HSK 2

0:03s

我怎么会有你这样的侄儿

wǒ zěn me huì yǒu nǐ zhè yàng de zhí érHow could I possibly have a useless nephew like you?

HSK 7

0:03s

没那金刚钻你揽什么瓷器活

méi nà jīn gāng zuàn nǐ lǎn shén me cí qì huóIf you didn't have the ability, why did you take on this job?

HSK 2

0:03s

姑母这侄儿已经知道错了

gū mǔ zhè zhí ér yǐ jīng zhī dào cuò leAunt. I... I know I was wrong.

HSK 7

0:03s

侄儿以后绝不敢再犯了

zhí ér yǐ hòu jué bù gǎn zài fàn leFrom now on, I swear I'll never do it again.

HSK 7

0:03s

是想办法将这窟窿补上

shì xiǎng bàn fǎ jiāng zhè kū lóng bǔ shàngis finding a way to cover it up.

HSK 7

0:03s

侄儿确实是一筹莫展

zhí ér què shí shì yī chóu mò zhǎnI truly can't come up with that many.

HSK 7

0:03s

您别误会我不是有意打听

nín bié wù huì wǒ bú shì yǒu yì dǎ tīngPlease don't get me wrong. I didn't mean to pry.

HSK 4

0:03s

那我就不与你客气了

nà wǒ jiù bù yǔ nǐ kè qì leThen I won't stand on ceremony.

HSK 4

0:03s

多少银子照付

duō shǎo yín zi zhào fùName your price, and we will pay in full.

HSK 6

0:03s

你这是替我解了燃眉之急呀

nǐ zhè shì tì wǒ jiě le rán méi zhī jí yaYou have truly saved me from a dire situation;

HSK 4

0:03s

我还得好好谢谢你才是

wǒ hái dé hǎo hǎo xiè xiè nǐ cái shìI really need to thank you properly.

HSK 6

0:03s

夫人您千万别外道

fū rén nín qiān wàn bié wài dàoMadam. Please don't treat me like an outsider.

HSK 6

0:03s

属下也没想到会这么寸

shǔ xià yě méi xiǎng dào huì zhè me cùnI didn't expect the timing to be so unfortunate.

HSK 5

0:03s

好了自己下去领罚吧

hǎo le zì jǐ xià qù lǐng fá baAlright. Go receive your punishment.

HSK 7

0:03s

您明明是对夫人一片苦心

nín míng míng shì duì fū rén yī piàn kǔ xīnyou clearly did all of this for Madam's sake.

HSK 6

0:03s

也算是替夫人出了口恶气了

yě suàn shì tì fū rén chū le kǒu è qì lestill settles the score for her.

HSK 5

0:03s

顾锦朝欺人太甚你要替我出气

gù jǐn cháo qī rén tài shèn nǐ yào tì wǒ chū qìGu Jinzhao has gone too far. You have to get revenge for me!

HSK 5

0:03s

我怎么替你出气呀

wǒ zěn me tì nǐ chū qì yaHow am I supposed to do that?

现在吃了亏了知道来找我了你还越过我

HSK 7

0:03s

现在吃了亏了知道来找我了你还越过我

xiàn zài chī le kuī le zhī dào lái zhǎo wǒ le nǐ hái yuè guò wǒNow that you've suffered losses, and you come crying to me? You even bypassed me

HSK 7

0:03s

我使唤使唤他怎么了

wǒ shǐ huàn shǐ huàn tā zěn me leWhat's wrong with me giving him a few orders?