(coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
trad. 給臉不要臉
Also written 給臉不要臉【gěi liǎn bù yào liǎn】
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4给
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to, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb), (grammatical equivalent of 被), (grammatical equivalent of 把), (sentence intensifier)
- Pinyin
- gěi
- Traditional
- 給
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 40 of 2500
脸
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face, CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- liǎn
- Traditional
- 臉
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 889 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
要
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(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 24 of 2500