"面子" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
面子	miàn zi	(medicinal) powder	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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	syn
丢面子丟面子	diū miàn zi	to lose face	syn
要面子	yào miàn zi	see 愛面子\|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]
碍面子礙面子	ài miàn zi	(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
驳面子駁面子	bó miàn zi	to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request
给面子給面子	gěi miàn zi	to show deference or praise publicly	syn
卖面子賣面子	mài miàn zi	to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
买面子買面子	mǎi miàn zi	to allow sb to save face / to defer to
失面子	shī miàn zi	to lose face / to be humiliated
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
死要面子	sǐ yào miàn zi	to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
保全面子的办法保全面子的辦法		face-saving device / face-saver
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)

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