撕破臉 sī pò liǎn

to shed all pretense of cordiality

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to shed all pretense of cordiality
  2. 2. to have an acrimonious falling-out
  3. 3. to tear into each other

Characters

Character Meaning
撕 sī HSK 5
to tear
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
臉 liǎn
face