Entry
脸liǎn上shàng贴tiē金jīn

  1. (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)

    trad. 臉上貼金

Also written 臉上貼金【liǎn shàng tiē jīn】

Characters in this word

4
贴
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to stick, to paste, to post (e.g. on a blog), to keep close to, to fit snugly, to subsidize, allowance (e.g. money for food or housing), sticker, classifier for sticking plaster: strip

Pinyin
tiē
Traditional
貼
Strokes
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Frequency
4447 of 2500
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