害 臊

hàisào

“To be bashful” in Chinese is 害臊 (hàisào).

Meaning

to be bashful
to feel ashamed

Example

我替他害臊。

I feel bad for him.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

hàiHSK 310 strokesto do harm to sāoHSK 7-917 strokesto smell of urine (or sweat etc)

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