死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
Pinyin
Definition
死要面子活受罪
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- to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to receive
- 2 to accept
- 3 to suffer
- 4 subjected to
- 5 to bear
- 6 to stand
- 7 pleasant
- 8 (passive marker)
- 1 if only
- 2 so long as
- 1 child
- 1 day
- 2 a (calendar) date
- 3 days of one's life
Idioms (20)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一体两面
- 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
- 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
- 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
- 2 not to be disclosed
- 3 too inferior to show in public
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left