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丟臉

to lose face

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

diu1lian3 • diūliǎn

Meaning

Primary

to lose face

Alternatives

lose face, losing face, lost face, loses face, embarrassing, humiliating

Mnemonic

丟臉 To lose face is 丟 to lose part of your 臉 face of respectability, thus becoming less respectable.

Usage

這 不 是 丟臉 的 事。

This is not a matter that you'll lose face over.

老師 公開 批評 了 我， 好 丟臉！

The teacher publicly criticized me, I've lost (much) face!

不要 做 丟臉 的 事。

Don't do things that will make you lose face.