不要脸 (bù yào liǎn) — shameless, brazen, having no sense of shame
Definition
Colloquial, strongly insulting 'shameless, brazen' — used to scold someone for behaving without 脸面 (sense of shame). More vulgar and direct than the neutral 无耻.
adjective
shamelessbrazenhaving no sense of shame
Examples
- ,不要脸!Tā jū rán shuō chū zhè zhǒng huà, zhēn bù yào liǎn!He actually said something like that — how shameless!
- 不要脸,!Nǐ bù yào liǎn, tōu ná bié rén de dōng xī!You have no shame, stealing other people's things!
- 不要脸。Tā bù yào liǎn dì sā huǎng shuō zì jǐ zhōng le cǎi piào.She brazenly lied that she had won the lottery.
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