"Shame" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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羞耻 xiū chǐ (a feeling of) shame
耻辱 chǐ rǔ disgrace / shame / humiliation
羞辱 xiū rǔ to humiliate / to shame / humiliation / indignity
羞 xiū shy / ashamed / shame / bashful / variant of 饈|馐[xiu1] / delicacies
耻 chǐ shame / disgrace
臊 sào shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate
忝 tiǎn to shame
謑 xì shame / disgrace
尤诟 yóu gòu shame / disgrace
脸红 liǎn hóng to blush / to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
无耻 wú chǐ without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
不要脸 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame / shameless
汗颜 hàn yán to blush with shame (literary)
问心无愧 wèn xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom) / with a clear conscience
廉耻 lián chǐ honor and shame / sense of honor
抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
知耻 zhī chǐ to have a sense of shame
抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1]
恬不知耻 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame
赧 nǎn blushing with shame
奇耻大辱 qí chǐ dà rǔ extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
不愧不怍 bù kuì bù zuò no shame, no subterfuge (idiom) / just and honorable / upright and above board
含垢忍辱 hán gòu rěn rǔ to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
扪心无愧 mén xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom) / with a clear conscience
不知羞耻 bù zhī xiū chǐ to have no sense of shame / brazen
好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇 hào xué jìn hu zhī , lì xíng jìn hu rén , zhī chǐ jìn hu yǒng to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
往脸上抹黑 wǎng liǎn shàng mǒ hēi to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
徒呼负负 tú hū fù fù to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
恬不知恥 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame
感愧 gǎn kuì to feel gratitude mixed with shame
愧恨 kuì hèn ashamed and sorry / suffering shame and remorse
愧汗 kuì hàn sweating from shame / extremely ashamed
愧赧 kuì nǎn to blush in shame / red-faced
识羞 shí xiū to know shame / to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless)
颜厚有忸怩 yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
死不要脸 sǐ bù yào liǎn to know no shame / to be totally shameless
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
羞脸 xiū liǎn to blush with shame
羞羞脸 xiū xiū liǎn (jocular) shame on you!
好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇 hào xué jìn hū zhī , lì xíng jìn hū rén , zhī chǐ jìn hū yǒng to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)
鲜花插在牛粪上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
无颜见江东父老 wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
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