难以启齿 nányǐqǐchǐ too embarrassed Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 难以启齿 (難以啟齒) nányǐqǐchǐ too embarrassed adverb to find it hard or embarrassing to speak about something, often due to shame or sensitivity 他觉得这件私事让他难以启齿。 tā juéde zhè jiàn sīshì ràng tā nányǐqǐchǐ. He found this private matter hard to talk about. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.590 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
难以启齿 (難以啟齒) nányǐqǐchǐ too embarrassed adverb to find it hard or embarrassing to speak about something, often due to shame or sensitivity 他觉得这件私事让他难以启齿。 tā juéde zhè jiàn sīshì ràng tā nányǐqǐchǐ. He found this private matter hard to talk about. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.590 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)