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死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
What 死要面子活受罪 means
- to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
The characters in 死要面子活受罪
- 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
- 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
- 面miànface; side; surface
- 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
- 活huóto live; alive; living
- 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
- 罪zuìguilt; crime; fault
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