要面子
yào miàn zi
Pinyin

Definition

要面子
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yào miàn zi
  1. see 愛面子|爱面子[ài miàn zi]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as
hái zi
  1. 1 child
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else