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颜面扫地
顏面掃地
yánmiànsǎodì
1. lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
2. to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)

Character Breakdown

颜
yán
face, facial appearance
HSK 2 15 丶
面
miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
HSK 1 9 丶
扫
sǎo
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
HSK 3 6 丶
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3 6 丶

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