抹不下脸 — Chinese idiom
抹不下脸
mǒ bù xià liǎn
Traditional: 抹不下臉
Meaning
- to be unable to keep a straight face
Character by character
- 抹mǒto apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 脸liǎnface, cheek; reputation
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn
- 拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo
- 淡妆浓抹 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
- 浓妆艳抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
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