抹不下臉
mā​bu​xià​liǎn

to be unable to set aside one's pride

  • created sense approved 抹不下脸/抹不下臉 · mā​bu​xià​liǎn · to be unable to set aside one's pride — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抹不下脸 / 抹不下臉

    mā​bu​xià​liǎn

    to be unable to set aside one's pride

    to be unable to overcome one's pride or sensitivity to embarrassment or to feel forced into doing something because one is too shy to refuse

    mǒ​bu​xià​liǎn, mǒ​bù​xià​liǎn

    抹 (literal) → 抹 · mā · to wipe 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [capacity] 脸 (literal) → 脸/臉 · liǎn · face (prestige)

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

    created sense