臉上貼金

1. • to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom)

     lit.

2. • to talk up to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)

     fig.

Character by character

• 臉(liǎn)face
• 上(shàng)up
• 貼(tiē)stick
• 金(jīn)surname Jin