脸上贴金
Traditional form:
臉上貼金
Pinyin (reading):
liǎnshàngtiējīn
Definitions:
- lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom)
- fig. to talk up
- to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)
Characters:
- 脸 - face, cheek; reputation
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 贴 - to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy
- 金 - gold, metal; money
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