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死要面子活受罪

sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
💡 Meaning:

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

Spoken Idiom

[Authentic Cinema Evidence Base]

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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
00:02
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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