chēng mén miàn

Traditional: 撐門面

撑门面 (chēng mén miàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to keep up appearances; to put up a front”.

Meanings

  1. 1to keep up appearances
  2. 2to put up a front

Characters in 撑门面

撑chēng · to support门mén · gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])面miàn · face

Related words

里面inside里面variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]门gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])门surname Men外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)上面on top of后面the back; the rear; the last bit面face面flour面variant of 麵|面[mian4]下面below下面to boil noodles

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