Lingaku- to keep up appearances
- to put up a front
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- to keep up appearances
- to put up a front
This phrase is used to describe the act of presenting oneself in a certain way, often to create an impression of success or happiness, even if it doesn't reflect reality.
She always tries to keep up appearances, even though her life is not going well.
This meaning focuses on the idea of pretending or acting in a way that hides one's true feelings or situation, often to avoid judgment or criticism from others.
He always puts up a front to hide his vulnerability.
In front of her colleagues, she tries to put up a front and appears very confident.
Generated collocations (experimental)
bǎi mén miàn摆门面to keep up appearanceswèi le为了bǎi mén miàn摆门面to put up a front for appearancesbǎi摆Mén门miàn面háng行wéi为behavior of keeping up appearancesbǎi mén miàn摆门面de的rén人a person who puts up a frontwèi le为了miàn zi面子bǎi mén miàn摆门面to maintain appearances for the sake of facebù pà不怕bǎi mén miàn摆门面not afraid to keep up appearancesbǎi mén miàn摆门面wén huà文化the culture of maintaining appearancesbù xī不惜bǎi mén miàn摆门面to spare no effort in keeping up appearancesyǒu shí有时bǎi mén miàn摆门面sometimes putting up a frontbǎi mén miàn摆门面shì是xū jiǎ虚假de的keeping up appearances is falsezhuāng mó zuò yàng装模作样bǎi mén miàn摆门面to pretend and keep up appearancesbǎi mén miàn摆门面de的dài jià代价the cost of keeping up appearances