丟人現眼

Chinese

		disgraced; embarrassed; causing a loss of face disgraced; embarrassed; causing a loss of face; to lose face; to bring shame to oneself	to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face
trad. (丟人現眼)		丟人	現眼
simp. (丢人现眼)		丢人	现眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diūrénxiànyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄡㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: diūrénxiànyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄡㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diourenshiannyean
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: dīu yàhn yihn ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ yen⁴ yin⁶ ngan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ jiːn²² ŋäːn¹³/

Idiom

丟人現眼

to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself lose face

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