下不臉去
xià​bu​liǎn​qù

to lose face

  • created sense approved 下不脸去/下不臉去 · xià​bu​liǎn​qù · to lose face — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下不脸去 / 下不臉去

    xià​bu​liǎn​qù

    to lose face

    to feel embarrassed or find it difficult to save face in a social situation

    下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [capacity] 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 脸 (literal) → 脸/臉 · liǎn · face (prestige) 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · [direction]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense