要脸
yào liǎn
Pinyin

Definition

要脸
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yào liǎn
  1. to save sb's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
只要
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as
必要
bì yào
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 essential
  3. 3 indispensable
  4. 4 required
想要
xiǎng yào
  1. 1 to want to
  2. 2 to feel like
  3. 3 to fancy
  4. 4 to care for sb
  5. 5 desirous of
要是
yào shi
  1. 1 (coll.) if
要求
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 CL:點|点[diǎn]
要么
yào me
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 either one or the other
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
需要
xū yào
  1. 1 to need
  2. 2 to want
  3. 3 to demand
  4. 4 to require
  5. 5 requirement
  6. 6 need
偏要
piān yào
  1. 1 to insist on doing sth
  2. 2 must do it, despite everything
切要
qiè yào
  1. 1 essential
  2. 2 extremely important
势要
shì yào
  1. 1 influential figure
  2. 2 powerful person
大要
dà yào
  1. 1 abstract
  2. 2 gist
  3. 3 main points
得要
děi yào
  1. 1 to need
  2. 2 must
必要性
bì yào xìng
  1. 1 necessity
快要
kuài yào
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 almost all
急要
jí yào
  1. 1 urgent
扼要
è yào
  1. 1 to the point
  2. 2 concise
提要
tí yào
  1. 1 summary
  2. 2 abstract

Idioms (11)

不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
  1. 1 brief and to the point (idiom)
  2. 2 succinct
紧要关头
jǐn yào guān tóu
  1. 1 urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
若要人不知，除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
  1. 1 If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Sample Sentences

李秀英真不要脸！
Lǐxiùyīng zhēn bùyàoliǎn ！
Xiuying Li has no sense of shame!
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发达国家真不要脸，自己的农产品补贴那么高，还成天大言不惭地要我们中国降低补贴、人民币升值。哪有这种事儿？
fādáguójiā zhēn bùyàoliǎn ，zìjǐ de nóngchǎnpǐn bǔtiē nàme gāo ，hái chéngtiān dàyánbùcán de yào wǒmen Zhōngguó jiàngdī bǔtiē 、rénmínbì shēngzhí 。nǎyǒu zhèzhǒng shìr5 ？
Developed countries are really shameless! Their own agricultural subsidies are so high, and they're making a huge fuss all the time, calling for China to lower its subsidies and allow the Renminbi to appreciate. What's the big idea?!
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张三！你这双面人！亏我这两年来还把你当朋友！你不要脸！
zhāngsān ！nǐ zhè shuāngmiànrén ！kuī wǒ zhè liǎng nián lái hái bǎ nǐ dāng péngyou ！nǐ bùyàoliǎn ！
Zhangsan! You're so two-faced! I can't believe I took you for a friend over these two years! You really have some cheek!
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你看到了吗？自习室最后两排全都被砖头和拖把占座了。真不要脸！
nǐ kàndào le ma ？zìxíshì zuìhòu liǎng pái quándōu bèi zhuāntou hé tuōbǎ zhànzuò le 。zhēn bùyàoliǎn ！
Did you see? The last two rows in the study room are all taken up with bricks and mops! It's disgraceful!
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真不要脸！
zhēn bùyàoliǎn ！
It's really shameful.
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