下不来 (xià bú) — (文字通り)下りられない; (比喩)恥ずかしい思いをする、面目を失う(特に面子と共に); (口語)達成できない;ダメだ;よくない

定義

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
(文字通り)下りられない(比喩)恥ずかしい思いをする、面目を失う(特に面子と共に)(口語)達成できない;ダメだ;よくない

例文

  • 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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