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颜面扫地

yánmiànsǎodì

Traditional: 顏面掃地

lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)

Character Breakdown

颜
yán
face, facial appearance
HSK 2
面
miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
HSK 1
扫
sǎo
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
HSK 3
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3

Additional Information

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Chinese
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