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gain face/ 有面子/ (yǒu miànzǐ)

A: Did you know that recently that there was a video of a waiter being scolded for stopping a customer from wasting food?

你知道最近有一个服务员因制止客人就餐时浪费食物而被骂的视频了吗？

(nǐ zhīdào zuìjìn yǒu yīɡè fúwùyuán yīn zhìzhǐ kèrén jiùcān shí lànɡfèi shíwù érbèi mà de shìpín lema?)

B: I haven't seen it. But hearing about it, it doesn't sound like anything good.

我没看,但听着感觉不是什么好事。

(wǒ méikàn, dàn tīnɡzhe ɡǎnjué bùshì shenme hǎoshì.)

A: There is a restaurant where the average cost is two hundred yuan per person. Two customers ordered 1,000 yuan in dishes, but wasted a lot of the food. The waiter tried to stop them, but the customers yelled at them and said "I'm happy to do it."

在一个人均消费两百元的餐厅,有两位顾客点了一千元的菜,浪费了很多。服务员上前制止他们,却被客人怒吼称"我乐意"。

(zài yīɡè rénjūn xiāofèi liǎnɡbǎiyuán de cāntīnɡ, yǒu liǎnɡwèi ɡùkè diǎnle yīqiānyuán de cài, lànɡfèi le hěnduō. fúwùyuán shànɡqián zhìzhǐ tāmén, quèbèi kèrén nùhǒu chēnɡ "wǒlèyì".)

B: Why did they order so much? 

那为什么他们要点这么多东西呢？

(nà wéishenme tāmén yàodiǎn zhèmeduō dōnɡxī ne?)

A: Because one of the customers was paying for the meal and wanted to gain face by being hospitable. 

因为其中一个顾客请客,想要让自己显得更有面子,更好客。

(yīnwéi qízhōnɡ yīɡè ɡùkè qǐnɡkè, xiǎnɡyào rànɡ zìjǐ xiǎndé ɡènɡyǒu miànzǐ, ɡènɡhǎokè.)

B: Really? I guess, but in my opinion it looks to be a bit foolish.  

是吗？好吧,在我看来这样多少有些愚蠢。

(shìma? hǎobā, zàiwǒ kànlái zhèyànɡ duōshǎo yǒuxiē yúchǔn.)

Illustrations: Liu Xidan/GT