bó​miàn​zi

to rebuff

  • created reference approved 驳面子/駁面子 → 面子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驳面子 / 駁面子 bó​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 驳面子/駁面子 · bó​miàn​zi · to rebuff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驳面子 / 駁面子

    bó​miàn​zi

    to rebuff

    To hurt someone's feelings by rejecting their request or failing to show them proper respect; to cause someone to lose face.

    驳, 面子

    驳 (literal) → 驳/駁 · bó · to refute 面子 (literal) → 面子 · miàn​zi · feelings

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

    created sense