Question [Answered] Please help me translate these lines.

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  1. Summer

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    “您需要纡尊降贵既然有求于人,就要拿出有求于人的态度。

    Can somebody please help me translate 纡尊降贵 ?
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    真是做了****还要 '立贞洁牌坊'
    I don't really understand the idiom 立贞洁牌坊
    Thank you :)
     
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    well, uh...i'm not really good at chinese, but here's what i found. just to possibly assist...

    so the direct translation for it is building/establish memorial arch, right? according to what i found, the memorial arch refers to 'a stone arch built by the government of former times in honor of a chaste woman widowed at a young age'.


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    Build chastity memorial arch to belie the truth of being a bitch.
    建一个贞节牌坊以掩盖她是婊子的实情。
    A bitch as she is,she builds chastity memorial arch.(she alleges that she maintains her chastity.)

    https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/89043574.html

    that's all i've got right now, if i get more, i'll reply again?
     
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    Thank you! I finally understood what it really means! Thank you for using your time to do this!
     
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    ahaha, i'm glad it helped!
     
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    纡尊降贵

    If someone from an upper class (nobility or officer) wanna ask normal people for help, then they should be more gentle and friendly instead of acting like a nobleman or pretending to be a 'great person'.
     
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    Oh wow! Thank you >D< ! So it was like this! Thank you for using your time to explain it to me!
     
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    my pleasure : )
     
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