有脸 (有臉)
yǒu liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

有脸 (有臉)
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yǒu liǎn
  1. lit. having face
  2. to have prestige
  3. to command respect
  4. to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous)
  5. to have the gall
  6. not ashamed to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

有
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
没有
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
具有
jù yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 to possess
含有
hán yǒu
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 including
唯有
wéi yǒu
  1. 1 only

Idioms (20)

一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不行不行。如果报警，他会把照片发到网上。那样的话，我男朋友肯定会跟我分手。我家人朋友会怎么看我？我还怎么有脸活下去啊？
bùxíng bùxíng 。rúguǒ bàojǐng ，tā huì bǎ zhàopiàn fā dào wǎngshàng 。nàyàng dehuà ，wǒ nán péngyou kěndìng huì gēn wǒ fēnshǒu 。wǒ jiārén péngyou huì zěnme kàn wǒ ？wǒ hái zěnme yǒuliǎn huó xiàqù a ？
No way! If I report it to the police, he will post the pictures online. If that happens, my boyfriend will definitely break up with me. How will my family and friends see me? I'll be so disgraced... how could I go on?
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我晕！你还有脸说没质量问题。一打开盒子那股扑鼻的脚臭味，我终生难忘！
wǒ yūn ！nǐ hái yǒu liǎn shuō méi zhìliàng wèntí 。yī dǎkāi hézi nà gǔ pūbí de jiǎo chòu wèi ，wǒ zhōngshēng nánwàng ！
I can't believe it! You have the gall to say there's no quality issues!? I only opened one side of the box and my nostrils were assaulted by the smell of nasty feet. I've been scarred for life!
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