脸上无光
liǎn​shàng​wú​guāng

to lose face

  • created reference approved 脸上无光/臉上無光 → 丢面子/丟面子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脸上无光 / 臉上無光 liǎn​shàng​wú​guāng

    丢面子 / 丟面子 diū​miàn​zi

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 脸上无光/臉上無光 · liǎn​shàng​wú​guāng · to lose face — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脸上无光 / 臉上無光

    liǎn​shàng​wú​guāng

    to lose face

    to have no prestige or to feel humiliated; literally "no light on one's face"

    脸 (literal) → 脸/臉 · liǎn · face (prestige) 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · honor

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

    created sense