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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 拉下脸 [lāxiàliǎn]
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1.
look displeased; pull a long face; put on a stern expression
- 他听了这句话，立刻拉下脸来。
- When he heard this, his expression became stern immediately.
- 他拉下脸来的样子好可怕。
- 2. [verbal] not spare somebody's sensibilities
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look displeased; pull a long face; put on a stern expression
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 拉下脸 [lāxiàliǎn]
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指不讲情面
- 他办事公正,为人爽直,对坏人坏事敢于拉下脸来。
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2.
露出不愉快的神情
- 他一看到损坏公物的行为,立刻就拉下脸来了。
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后面多带"来"。否定式为"拉不下脸"。
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指不讲情面
Examples
- 他听了这句话，立刻拉下脸来。
- When he heard this, his expression became stern immediately. → 拉下脸
- 他办事大公无私，对谁也能拉下脸来。
- He is perfectly fair and impartial and never tries to spare anybody's feelings. → 拉下脸
- 他拉下脸来的样子好可怕。 → 拉下脸
- 能对权贵拉下脸来的包青天现在已经很少见了。 → 拉下脸
- 他没有抵抗住糖衣炮弹的袭击, 被犯罪分子拉下了水。
- He failed to resist the sugarcoated bullet, and was dragged into crime by hardcore criminals. → 糖衣炮弹
- 拉下几千块钱的账 → 拉
- 拉下不少亏空。 → 亏空
- 他办事公正,为人爽直,对坏人坏事敢于拉下脸来。 → 拉下脸
- 他一看到损坏公物的行为,立刻就拉下脸来了。 → 拉下脸
- 你不要脸我还要脸呢。 → 要脸
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