死要面子
sǐ​yào​miàn​zi

to save face at all costs

  • created reference approved 死要面子 → 面子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    死要面子 sǐ​yào​miàn​zi

    面子 miàn​zi

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 死要面子 · sǐ​yào​miàn​zi · to save face at all costs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    死要面子

    sǐ​yào​miàn​zi

    to save face at all costs

    to care about one's reputation to an extreme degree; to regard any loss of face as unthinkable or unbearable

    死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · desperately 要面子 (literal) → 要面子 · yào​miàn​zi · to be concerned about appearances

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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