碍了脸皮，饿了肚皮礙了臉皮，餓了肚皮礙了臉皮，餓了肚皮

Mind your face-skin and you starve your belly-skin

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: If you are too embarrassed to speak up or hold your ground, you will suffer a real loss. Practical advice.

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Simplified: 碍了脸皮，饿了肚皮
Traditional (Taiwan): 礙了臉皮，餓了肚皮
Pinyin: àile liǎnpí, èle dùpí
Bopomofo: ㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄧˊ，ㄜˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄉㄨˋ ㄆㄧˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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