打肿脸充胖子 — “To slap one's face until it's swollen to pretend to be a fat person (implying rich or well-off)”
打肿脸充胖子 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a show of being wealthy or important beyond one's actual means, often incurring personal cost or suffering to maintain appearances; to keep up a facade”. Literally, “To slap one's face until it's swollen to pretend to be a fat person (implying rich or well-off)”.
打肿脸充胖子 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 打肿脸充胖子 mean?
打肿脸充胖子 (dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a show of being wealthy or important beyond one's actual means, often incurring personal cost or suffering to maintain appearances; to keep up a facade”.
How do you pronounce 打肿脸充胖子?
打肿脸充胖子 is pronounced dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 打肿脸充胖子 literally mean?
Literally, 打肿脸充胖子 means “to slap one's face until it's swollen to pretend to be a fat person (implying rich or well-off)”. It is used to mean “to make a show of being wealthy or important beyond one's actual means, often incurring personal cost or suffering to maintain appearances; to keep up a facade”.
What is the Chinese definition of 打肿脸充胖子?
比喻宁可付出代价而硬充作了不起。