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靡靡之音
Mandarin: mi3 mi3 zhi1 yin1
decadent music; lewd music or songs
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面
Mandarin: mian4
face | side | surface | aspect | top | classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | dimension | on one side | to face | superficial | personally | façade | extent | range | scale | scope | to meet | to confront | directly | one's face | respect | reputation | honour | # adapted from cc-cedict
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面
Mandarin: lian3
Simplified: 脸
face
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面不改容
Mandarin: mian4 bu4 gai3 rong2
one's face remains calm during a crisis (idiom)
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面不改色
Mandarin: mian4 bu4 gai3 se4
to keep a straight face; to stay calm
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面具
a mask
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面前
Mandarin: mian4 qian2
directly in front
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面口
Mandarin: mian4 kou3
facial expression (spoken)
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面向
Mandarin: mian4 xiang4
face, turn towards
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面呈
Mandarin: mian4 cheng2
to deliver personally; to hand-deliver
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面商
Mandarin: mian4 shang1
to discuss face to face with somebody; to negoatiate face to face
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面善
Mandarin: mian4 shan4
(adjective) look familiar; acquainted
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面壁思過
reflect on your own mistakes the hard way
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面大
Mandarin: mian4 da4
literally: big face; reputable or influential in social standing
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面大
reputable; influential; powerful (all of social standing)
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面子
Mandarin: mian4 zi5
face; honor; reputation; feelings, emotions; outer portion of something | Cant.: 面 min62 , 飛士
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面孔
Mandarin: mian4 kong3
face | [粵]: 口面
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面容
Mandarin: mian4 rong2
facial appearance; facial structure or features
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面對
Mandarin: mian4 dui4
confront, face
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面對現實
Mandarin: mian4 dui4 xian4 shi2
Simplified: 面对现实
to face the truth; to face reality
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面對面
Mandarin: mian4 dui4 mian4
face-to-face
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面左左
Mandarin: mian4 zuo3 zuo3
disgruntled; refuse to communicate (spoken)
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面巾
Mandarin: mian4 jin1
face-cloth, face towel, washrag; shroud over the face of a corpse
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面巾紙
Mandarin: mian4 jin1 zhi3
Simplified: 面巾纸
facial tissue
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面懵
Mandarin: mian4 meng3
blank face; embarrassed; shy (spoken)
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面懵心精
Mandarin: mian4 meng3 xin1 jing1
to play the fool and feign ignorance
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面懵心精
Cantonese
play the fool: literally looks like a fool, but is smart indeed
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面懵懵
Mandarin: mian4 meng3 meng3
blank face; embarrassed; shy (spoken)
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面懵膏
Mandarin: mian4 meng3 gao1
(to have) a thick skin [colloquial]
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面書
Mandarin: mian4 shu1
Simplified: 面书
Facebook
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