卖面子
Traditional form:
賣面子
Pinyin (reading):
màimiànzi
Definitions:
- to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
Characters:
- 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
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