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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「頭面人物」.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「頭面人物」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Refers to people who have great fame or influence in society (mostly derogatory).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tóu miàn rén wù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tau4 min6/min2 yan4 mat6

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