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Expression Profile · si-yao-mian-zi
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死要面子

sǐ yào miàn zi
📊 Corpus Indexed: 3 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom

[Scene: 其他场景]

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死要面子活受罪呢嘛
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死要面子 活受罪呢嘛

(真傻) ── Previous context

“Suffering just to save face.”

《主角》 · 25:13
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死要面子活受罪
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死要面子 活受罪

(就是太犟) ── Previous context

“You'd rather suffer than lose face.”

《八千里路云和月》 · 20:32
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[Scene: 社交聚会]

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他不就这样 死要面子
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他不就这样 死要面子

(就是不要我的钱 气死我了) ── Previous context

“He is like that. He refuses to accept help out of a false sense of dignity.”

《以家人之名》 · 17:04
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