See 要臉 on Wiktionary
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"form": "要⫽臉",
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]
},
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"form": "要脸",
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]
}
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"derived": [
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"roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
"word": "不要臉"
},
{
"roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
"word": "不要脸"
}
],
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"english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "人要一張臉，樹要一張皮。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "人要一张脸，树要一张皮。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "你怎麼能幹出這種事情來？你不要臉我還要臉呢！",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "你怎么能干出这种事情来？你不要脸我还要脸呢！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
],
"id": "en-要臉-zh-verb-aop1mNrf",
"links": [
[
"care",
"care"
],
[
"concerned",
"concerned"
],
[
"saving one's face",
"save face"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "要面"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"verb-object"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yao⁴-lien³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yàu-lyǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yawlean"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "яолянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jaoljanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu líhm"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/"
}
],
"word": "要臉"
}
{
"derived": [
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"roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
"word": "不要臉"
},
{
"roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
"word": "不要脸"
}
],
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"form": "要⫽臉",
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},
{
"form": "要脸",
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"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
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"english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "人要一張臉，樹要一張皮。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "人要一张脸，树要一张皮。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "你怎麼能幹出這種事情來？你不要臉我還要臉呢！",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "你怎么能干出这种事情来？你不要脸我还要脸呢！",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
],
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"care",
"care"
],
[
"concerned",
"concerned"
],
[
"saving one's face",
"save face"
]
],
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"(colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"verb-object"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yao⁴-lien³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yàu-lyǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yawlean"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "яолянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jaoljanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu líhm"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu³ lim⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "要面"
}
],
"word": "要臉"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 要臉 meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)
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