颜面扫地
yán​miàn​sǎo​dì

to completely lose face

  • created sense approved 颜面扫地/顏面掃地 · yán​miàn​sǎo​dì · to completely lose face — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    颜面扫地 / 顏面掃地

    yán​miàn​sǎo​dì

    to completely lose face

    literally for one's face to be swept across the ground; to be thoroughly discredited or lose all prestige; to be humiliated beyond repair

    颜面 (literal) → 颜面/顏面 · yán​miàn · prestige 扫地 (literal) → 扫地/掃地 · sǎo​dì · to be ruined

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    created sense