擦粉进棺材，死爱面子擦粉進棺材，死愛面子擦粉進棺材，死愛面子

powdering one's face into the coffin: dead set on face

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks someone so vain that they care about appearances to the very end. Critical, sarcastic.
Wordplay: 死 (sǐ) means both "dead" and "extremely", so 死爱面子 is both "loving face even in death" and "desperately fond of face".

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Simplified: 擦粉进棺材，死爱面子
Traditional (Taiwan): 擦粉進棺材，死愛面子
Pinyin: cā fěn jìn guāncai, sǐ àimiànzi
Bopomofo: ㄘㄚㄈㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄘㄞ，ㄙˇ ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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