"Embarrassing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory
 gà embarrassing / awkwardly
 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment
 kě chǔn (dialect) unbearable / embarrassing
 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
 chū qiǔ (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
 ná bù chū shǒu not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show
 jiě cháo to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation / to justify oneself / to find excuses
 ài nán inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing
 zhī zì bù tí not to mention (idiom) / to say not one word / fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic) / to censor
 nán yán zhī yǐn a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness
 ài kǒu to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
 yǐn mì nán yán too embarrassing to mention
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