难以启齿
nán​yǐ​qǐ​chǐ

to find it hard to speak about something

  • created sense approved 难以启齿/難以啟齒 · nán​yǐ​qǐ​chǐ · to find it hard to speak about something — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    难以启齿 / 難以啟齒

    nán​yǐ​qǐ​chǐ

    to find it hard to speak about something

    to be too embarrassed or ashamed to mention something; to find it hard to speak one's mind

    难以 (literal) → 难以/難以 · nán​yǐ · hard to 启齿 (literal) → 启齿/啟齒 · qǐ​chǐ · to open one's mouth

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

    created sense