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賣面子

简卖面子 · 繁賣面子

Mandarin · pinyin mài miàn zi

to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)

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賣: Look up this written character
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
卖: mài · sell; betray; show off

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4–4–5 · mai4 mian4 zi5

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maai6 min6 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 賣面子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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