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Open the tool →抓破脸子 (zhuā pò liǎn zi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a public falling out, often involving bitter arguments or a complete breakdown of a relationship; to have a nasty quarrel”.
抓破脸子 is pronounced zhuā pò liǎn zi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 抓破脸子 means “scratch one's face”. It is used to mean “to have a public falling out, often involving bitter arguments or a complete breakdown of a relationship; to have a nasty quarrel”.
比喻感情破裂,公开争吵。