丢 脸

diūliǎn

“To lose face” in Chinese is 丢脸 (diūliǎn).

Meaning

to lose face
humiliation

Example

他丢脸了。

He lost face.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

diūHSK 56 strokesto lose liǎnHSK 211 strokesface

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