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You're Asking Me to Lose Face!

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ID: 2726 Upper Intermediate
Sometime you just really really need a favour from a friend, but they just aren't budging. Listen to two old friends bargaining over this impossible favour and learn lots of really useful terms to do with "face面子".
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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姑奶奶 gūnǎinai great aunt
太后娘娘 tàihòuniángniang empress dowager
丢人现眼 diūrénxiànyǎn to lose face
下跪 xiàguì to kneel down
大小姐姑奶奶太后娘娘拜托你答应我这一次吧
dàxiǎojiě 大小姐gūnǎinai 姑奶奶tàihòuniángniang 太后娘娘bàituō 拜托nǐ 你dāying 答应wǒ 我zhè 这yícì 一次ba 吧
A: Hey Miss Thing, please, can you just agree this once!
不行这么丢人现眼的事我办不到
bùxíng 不行zhème 这么diūrénxiànyǎn 丢人现眼de 的shì 事wǒ 我bànbúdào 办不到
B: No! I can't be a part of such a spectacle!
别这么不给面子嘛我给你下跪我给你磕头我求求你
bié 别zhème 这么bù 不gěi 给miànzi 面子ma 嘛wǒ 我gěi 给nǐ 你xiàguì 下跪wǒ 我gěi 给nǐ 你kētóu 磕头wǒ 我qiúqiú 求求nǐ 你
A: Please give me a little dignity! I'll kneel down in front of you, I'll kowtow to you, please...
哎你干什么丢死人了快起来旁边的人都在看了
āi 哎nǐ 你gàn shénme 干什么diū sǐ rén 丢死人le 了kuài 快qǐlái 起来pángbiān 旁边de 的rén 人dōu 都zài 在kàn 看le 了
B: Ah! What are you doing? How embarrassing! Get up this instant! People are staring!
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