磨不开脸
mò​bu​kāi​liǎn

to be embarrassed

  • created sense approved 磨不开脸/磨不開臉 · mò​bu​kāi​liǎn · to be embarrassed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    磨不开脸 / 磨不開臉

    mò​bu​kāi​liǎn

    to be embarrassed

    to feel embarrassed or shamefaced, especially when one is unable to refuse someone or act impartially for fear of offending them

    mó​bù​kāi​liǎn

    磨不开 (literal) → 磨不开/磨不開 · mò​bu​kāi · to feel embarrassed 脸 (literal) → 脸/臉 · liǎn · face (prestige)

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

    created sense