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作脸
zuò​liǎn

to bring honor

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
作脸 作臉 zuò//liǎn
to bring honor
To do credit to someone; to bring honor or glory to someone
to save face
To do something purely for the sake of appearance or to maintain one's outward reputation.

Frequency

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0.023 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 争光 zhēng​guāng
  • 争气 zhēng​qì

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