脸皮 (liǎn pí) — (literal) skin of the face; cheek; (metaphorical) sense of shame; thickness/thinness of one's skin in 脸皮厚/脸皮薄
Definition
脸皮 is metaphorical "skin" — one's capacity for shame, used almost only in the set phrases 脸皮厚 ("thick-skinned") and 脸皮薄 ("thin-skinned"). Don't read it literally as 脸 ("face").
noun
(literal) skin of the facecheek(metaphorical) sense of shamethickness/thinness of one's skin in 脸皮厚/脸皮薄
Measure word · 张
Examples
- 脸皮，。Tā liǎn pí zhēn hòu, bié rén zěn me shuō tā dōu bú zài hu.He's really thick-skinned — he doesn't care what others say about him.
- 脸皮，。Tā liǎn pí báo, nǐ shuō huà bié tài zhí jiē.She's thin-skinned, so don't be too direct when you talk to her.
- ？。Nǐ zěn me zhè me bú yào liǎn pí? dāng zhòng sā huǎng yě bù liǎn hóng.How can you have no shame? Lying in public without even blushing.
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