Is being thought of as 爱面子 or 要面子 actually a loss of face?
Reply rjberki:Yes .It is actually as you said.
And there is a dramatic adage in our country : 打肿脸充胖子 I try to explain this adage 打肿脸充胖子：There is a people who is thin and he want to be fat,so he beat himself to look fat.
My English is poor .I do my best to expression . Thanks
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March 15, 2009, 06:16 AMIs being thought of as 爱面子 or 要面子 actually a loss of face?
Reply rjberki:Yes .It is actually as you said.
And there is a dramatic adage in our country : 打肿脸充胖子
I try to explain this adage
打肿脸充胖子：There is a people who is thin
and he want to be fat,so he beat himself to look fat.
My English is poor .I do my best to expression . Thanks