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Trad. 麵子

(medicinal) powder

🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

outer surface; the outside of sth
social prestige; face

🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

争zhēng 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 爭面子

to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)
to make oneself look good; to build up one's image

🖌️ 争 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

买mǎi 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 買面子

to allow sb to save face
to defer to

🖌️ 买 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

丢dīu 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 丟面子

to lose face

🖌️ 丢 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

碍ài 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 礙面子

(not do sth) for fear of offending sb

🖌️ 碍 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

要yào 面miàn 子zi

see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]

🖌️ 要 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

失shī 面miàn 子zi

to lose face; to be humiliated

🖌️ 失 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

卖mài 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 賣面子

to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)

🖌️ 卖 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

给gěi 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 給面子

to show deference or praise publicly

🖌️ 给 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

爱ài 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 愛面子

to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud

🖌️ 爱 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

驳bó 面miàn 子zi

Trad. 駁面子

to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request

🖌️ 驳 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

死sǐ 要yào 面miàn 子zi

to regard face as all-important
to consider loss of face unthinkable

🖌️ 死 Strokes 🖌️ 要 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes

死sǐ 要yào 面miàn 子zi 活huó 受shòu 罪zuì

to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)

🖌️ 死 Strokes 🖌️ 要 Strokes 🖌️ 面 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes 🖌️ 活 Strokes 🖌️ 受 Strokes 🖌️ 罪 Strokes