(coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving)
trad. 給臉
Also written 給臉【gěi liǎn】
Characters in this word
2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