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下不来 (xià bú) — cannot come down (literally); (metaphorical) be embarrassed, lose face (esp. with 面子); (colloquial) cannot be accomplished; won't do; not okay

Definizione

下不来 (xià bu lái) literally means 'cannot come down' but is more often used colloquially to mean 'won't work' or 'lose face' (esp. with 面子) when a situation is too awkward to recover from.

verb
cannot come down (literally)(metaphorical) be embarrassedlose face (esp. with 面子)(colloquial) cannot be accomplishedwon't donot okay

Esempi

  • ，下不来。
    Tā pá dé tài gāo le, xiàn zài xià bú le.
    He climbed too high and now can't come down.
  • ，。
    Nǐ zhè me dāng zhòng pī píng tā, ràng tā miàn zi shàng xià bú.
    Criticizing him publicly like this made him lose face.
  • ，下不来。
    Zhè ge fāng àn xíng bù tōng, kǒng pà xià bú.
    This plan won't work; I'm afraid it's a no-go.

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