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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不好意思 [bùhǎoyìsi]
  1. 1. feel embarrassed; be ill at ease
    让你久等了,真不好意思
    I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
    她被夸得不好意思了。
    She felt embarrassed by so much praise.
  2. 2. find it embarrassing (to do something)
    不好意思再问
    hesitate to ask again
    不好意思推辞
    find it difficult to refuse
  3. 3. adjective embarrassed

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不好意思 [bùhǎoyìsi]
  1. 1. 害羞
    别人一夸,他就不好意思起来
  2. 2. 碍于情面而不便(做某事)
    都是熟人,实在不好意思回绝
  3. 3. 客套话,难为情
    这点东西真拿不出手,不好意思

Examples

在你面前班门弄斧,太不好意思了。
I'm making a fool of myself trying to show off before an expert like you. 班门弄斧
她被夸得不好意思了。
She felt embarrassed by so much praise. 不好意思
让你久等了,真不好意思
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. 不好意思
不好意思推辞
find it difficult to refuse 不好意思
不好意思再问
hesitate to ask again 不好意思
不好意思
feel rather embarrassed
不好意思那么说。
It embarrassed her to say that. 那么
她头一次上街卖菜,不好意思吆喝。
The first time she went out selling vegetables, she was too shy to cry out for customers. 吆喝
我想找他帮忙,又不好意思张嘴。
I would have liked him to give me a hand, but found it embarrassing to ask. 张嘴
我被批评了, 觉得脸火烫火烫的, 很不好意思
I was criticized, so my face was scalding and I felt ashamed. 火烫

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