长脸

長臉
zhǎngliǎn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to bring credit to someone
  2. 2 to do (someone) proud
  3. 3 to give (someone) face

Examples

Érzi kǎo shàng le míngxiào, gěi fùmǔ zhǎngliǎn le.
The son got into a top school and made his parents proud.
Zhè cì bǐsài nǐ kě yīdìng yào gěi xuéxiào zhǎngliǎn a!
You must bring honor to the school in this competition!

Tips

usage
Colloquial. Note here is zhǎng ('to grow / increase'), not cháng ('long') — 长脸 = 'to grow [someone's] face', i.e. enlarge their honor. Opposite is 丢脸 (diūliǎn, to lose face).
mistakes
Don't confuse with cháng liǎn (长脸) meaning literally 'long face'. Same characters, different reading.

Stroke Order

cháng
liǎn