羞口难开
xiū​kǒu​nán​kāi

to be too shy to speak

  • created sense approved 羞口难开/羞口難開 · xiū​kǒu​nán​kāi · to be too shy to speak — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羞口难开 / 羞口難開

    xiū​kǒu​nán​kāi

    to be too shy to speak

    to be too embarrassed or shy to speak out; to find it hard to say something because of shame or bashfulness

    羞 (literal) → 羞 · xiū · shy 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open

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