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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
礙面子 碍面子 [ai4 mian4 zi5] /(not do sth) for fear of offending sb/ 6705 1
愛面子 爱面子 [[ai4 mian4zi5]] /to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud/ 851 2
駁面子 驳面子 [[bo2 mian4zi5]] /to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request/ 842 2
丟面子 丢面子 [diu1 mian4 zi5] /to lose face/ 6801 1
給面子 给面子 [gei3 mian4 zi5] /to show deference or praise publicly/ 3488 1
好面子 好面子 [[hao4 mian4zi5]] /to be overly concerned with face/ 186 2
買面子 买面子 [mai3 mian4 zi5] /to allow sb to save face/to defer to/ 6593 1
賣面子 卖面子 [mai4 mian4 zi5] /to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)/ 2855 1
麵子 面子 [mian4 zi5] /(medicinal) powder/ 1291 1
面子 面子 [[mian4zi5]] /outer surface; the outside of sth/social prestige; face/ 829 2
失面子 失面子 [[shi1 mian4zi5]] /to lose face; to be humiliated/ 168 2
死要面子 死要面子 [si3 yao4 mian4 zi5] /to regard face as all-important/to consider loss of face unthinkable/ 3470 1
死要面子活受罪 死要面子活受罪 [si3 yao4 mian4 zi5 huo2 shou4 zui4] /to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)/ 3469 1
要面子 要面子 [yao4 mian4 zi5] /see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]/ 3438 1
爭面子 争面子 [zheng1 mian4 zi5] /to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)/to make oneself look good; to build up one's image/ 1292 1

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