to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
trad. 拋頭露面
Also written 拋頭露面【pāo tóu lù miàn】
Characters in this word
4抛
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to throw, to toss, to fling, to cast, to abandon
- Pinyin
- pāo
- Traditional
- 拋
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5630 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
露
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 21
- Frequency
- 10149 of 2500
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500