丢丑 (diū chǒu) — to lose face, to be disgraced (in public)
Definition
丢丑 means to lose face or be publicly disgraced — it implies a specific embarrassing incident, unlike the broader state of having no 面子.
verb
to lose faceto be disgraced (in public)
Examples
- ，丢丑。Tā zài dà jiā miàn qián shuō cuò huà, zhēn shì diū chǒu.He said the wrong thing in front of everyone — it was really embarrassing.
- ，丢丑。Zhè cì bǐ sài shū le, tā jué de hěn diū chǒu.He felt he lost face after losing this competition.
- 。Tā bù xiǎng zài péng you miàn qián diū zhè ge chǒu.She doesn't want to be disgraced in front of her friends.
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