不做脸
Traditional (Taiwan):
不做臉
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to fail to live up to expectations and embarrass one's elders
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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now
- Literally
- not doing face
- Meaning
- Failing to live up to expectations and so embarrassing parents or teachers. Critical, dialectal.
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