汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 面子 hsk 6
miàn zi
面子
outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder
表面 面上 人情 粉末 脸面 脸皮 情面 齑粉 碎末
表面
①体面光彩，表面上好看爱面子｜留点面子给他。②情面有了王爷的面子，还怕上头不收?③事物的外表这衣服的面子很好看｜这本书有一个漂亮的面子｜面子上他是当家的，事实上已成了傀儡。
面 miàn 子 zi/zǐ
COMMON WORDS WITH 面子
要面子
yào miàn zi
see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]
丢面子 ( 丟面子 )
diū miàn zi
to lose face
( 丟面子 )
给面子 ( 給面子 )
gěi miàn zi
to show deference or praise publicly
( 給面子 )
爱面子 ( 愛面子 )
ài miàn zi
to like to look good in the eyes of others / sensitive about how one is regarded by others / proud
( 愛面子 )
讲面子 ( 講面子 )
jiǎng miàn zi
Speak face
( 講面子 )
老面子
lǎo miàn zi
Old face
卖面子 ( 賣面子 )
mài miàn zi
to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
( 賣面子 )
碍面子 ( 礙面子 )
ài miàn zi
(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
( 礙面子 )
买面子 ( 買面子 )
mǎi miàn zi
to allow sb to save face / to defer to
( 買面子 )
死要面子
sǐ yào miàn zi
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
驳面子 ( 駁面子 )
bó miàn zi
to contradict sb to his face / insensitive to other's feelings
( 駁面子 )
争面子 ( 爭面子 )
zhēng miàn zi
to do (sb) proud / to be a credit to (one's school etc) / to make oneself look good / to build up one's image
( 爭面子 )
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
失面子
shī miàn zi
to lose face / to be humiliated
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
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