没 趣 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory 尬 gà embarrassing / awkwardly 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment 可 蠢 kě chǔn (dialect) unbearable / embarrassing 那 个 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] 不 好 意 思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) 台 阶 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) 哭 笑 不 得 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears 搭 讪 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation 出 糗 chū qiǔ (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen 拿 不 出 手 ná bù chū shǒu not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show 解 嘲 jiě cháo to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation / to justify oneself / to find excuses 碍 难 ài nán inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing 只 字 不 提 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 难 言 之 隐 nán yán zhī yǐn a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness 碍 口 ài kǒu to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words 隐 秘 难 言 yǐn mì nán yán too embarrassing to mention