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embarrassed

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

qiu3 qiǔ

Meaning


Primary

embarrassed

Alternatives

embarrassing, embarrass, embarrassment

Mnemonic


[qi-] Kirby is in the [3] basement of the [-(o)u] bakery when he notices a couple of 釆 droppings on the floor. He sniffs it with his 自 nose, but trips and they accidentally go into his 自 nose. Kirby is quite 糗 embarrassed, because the 釆 droppings are from a 犬 bulldog that is rolling around in flour and laughing at Kirby. Kirby is so 糗 embarrassed he turns from pink to red.