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丢脸
diūliǎn
Main
English Definitionto lose face; humiliation
Simplified Script丢脸
Traditional Script丟臉
Pinyindiūliǎn
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄉㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)diu1lim5
Part of Speech(形) adjective, (动宾式) verb object
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6
Word Decomposition
diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
liǎnface

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Words With Same Head Word    
丢人diūrénto lose face
丢弃diūqìto discard; to abandon
丢失diūshīto lose; lost
丢掉diūdiàoto lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
丢下diūxiàto abandon
Words With Same Tail Word    
翻脸fānliǎnto fall out with somebody; to become hostile
满脸mǎnliǎnacross one's whole face
洗脸xǐliǎnto wash your face
笑脸xiàoliǎnsmiling face; smiley :)
不要脸bùyào liǎnto have no sense of shame; shameless
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