lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
trad. 顏面掃地
Also written 顏面掃地【yán miàn sǎo dì】
Characters in this word
4颜
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surname Yan
- Pinyin
- Yán
- Traditional
- 顏
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 42920 of 2500
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500
扫
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to sweep (with a brush or broom), to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of, to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- Pinyin
- sǎo
- Traditional
- 掃
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7425 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500