硬著臉子
yìng​zhe​liǎn​zi

to brace oneself

  • created sense approved 硬着脸子/硬著臉子 · yìng​zhe​liǎn​zi · to brace oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    硬着脸子 / 硬著臉子

    yìng​zhe​liǎn​zi

    to brace oneself

    to steel oneself against embarrassment or difficulty; to force oneself to do something against one's wishes

    硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · stubbornly 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zhe · [continuous] 脸子 (literal) → 脸子/臉子 · liǎn​zi · facial expression

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

    created sense