"面子" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder |   | |
Approximate Results for 面子 | ||||
| 爱面子 | ài miàn zi | to like to look good in the eyes of others / sensitive about how one is regarded by others / proud | | |
| 丢面子 | diū miàn zi | to lose face | | |
| 碍面子 | ài miàn zi | (not do sth) for fear of offending sb | | |
| 驳面子 | bó miàn zi | to contradict sb to his face / insensitive to other's feelings | | |
| 给面子 | gěi miàn zi | to show deference or praise publicly | | |
| 买面子 | mǎi miàn zi | to allow sb to save face / to defer to | | |
| 卖面子 | mài miàn zi | to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them) | | |
| 失面子 | shī miàn zi | to lose face / to be humiliated | | |
| 要面子 | yào miàn zi | see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5] | | |
| 争面子 | 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 | 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) | | |
