nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

Traditional: 難以啟齒

难以启齿 (nán yǐ qǐ chǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
  2. 2to find it hard to speak about sth

Characters in 难以启齿

难nán · difficult (to...)以yǐ · to use启qǐ · to open齿chǐ · (bound form) tooth

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