死要面子活受罪

sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì

คำจำกัดความ

1. to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)

คำย่อยของ 死要面子活受罪

• 受 shòu: to receive
• 受罪 shòu zuì: to endure
• 子 zǐ: son
• 死 sǐ: to die
• 活 huó: to live
• 罪 zuì: guilt
• 要 yāo: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
• 要 yào: to want; to need; to ask for
• 面子 miàn zi: outer surface; the outside of sth
• 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi: to regard face as all-important
• 活受罪 huó shòu zuì: (coll.) to go through sheer hell
• 要面子 yào miàn zi: see 愛面子|爱面子[ài miàn zi]
• 面 miàn: face