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丢脸 (丟臉)
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

丢脸 [diūliǎn]
  1. 1. verb lose face

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

丢脸 [diūliǎn]
  1. 1. lose face; be disgraced; humiliating; humiliation
    这不是丢脸的事。
    There's nothing to be ashamed of.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

丢脸 [diūliǎn]
  1. 1. 失去体面;不光彩
    这点事都办不好,太丢脸

Examples

丢脸,人家瞧乐子。
You make a fool of yourself and others laugh at you.
丢脸
他这样信任我,我不能给人家丢脸
He fell at the beginning of the race. Then to add insult to injury, he came in last.
他在比赛开始时就摔了一跤了。更丢脸的是,他是比赛的垫底者。
I don't ever want you to abuse and degrade me in public!
我从没有想你会在公共场合辱骂我让我丢脸
He couldn't disgrace himself in front of that woman.
他不能允许自己在那女人面前丢脸
The police officers had eggs on their faces after the thieves got away.
小偷们都跑了,这让警官们很丢脸

Word Decomposition


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