出丑 (chū chǒu) — to make a fool of oneself, to be humiliated; to make someone lose face (by exposing their shame)
Definición
出丑 is an intransitive verb meaning to embarrass oneself or be publicly humiliated, often through a blunder. 同 HSK7 siblings 丢脸/丢人 it describes losing face, but 出丑 often pins the cause to a specific incident or performance gone wrong.
verb
to make a fool of oneselfto be humiliatedto make someone lose face (by exposing their shame)
Ejemplos
- ，出丑。Tā zài biǎo yǎn shí tū rán wàng cí, dāng chǎng chū chǒu.He suddenly forgot his lines during the performance and made a fool of himself on the spot.
- ，出丑？Nǐ zhè yàng shuō tā de yǐn sī, shì xiǎng ràng tā chū chǒu ma?Are you trying to embarrass her by talking about her privacy like that?
- ，。Tā zài tóng shì miàn qián chū le yí cì dà chǒu, xiàn zài dōu bù gǎn jiàn rén le.He made a huge fool of himself in front of his colleagues, and now he dares not show his face.
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