diū rén xiàn yǎn

Traditional: 丟人現眼

丢人现眼 (diū rén xiàn yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace”.

Meanings

  1. 1to make an exhibition of oneself
  2. 2to be a disgrace

Characters in 丢人现眼

丢diū · to lose人rén · person; people现xiàn · to appear眼yǎn · eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

Related words

人person; people现在now; at present; currently发现to notice; to become aware of女人woman女人wife别人other people; others; other person男人a man有人someone人们people出现to appear表现to show眼睛eye

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