唾面自干 — Chinese idiom
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
Traditional: 唾面自乾
Meaning
- to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off ; to turn the other cheek
- to drain the cup of humiliation
Character by character
- 唾tuòto spit; to spit on; saliva
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 干gānarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
Idioms sharing a character
- 拾人涕唾 shí rén tì tuò
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
- 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng
- 四面楚歌 sì miàn Chǔ gē
- 掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì
- 改头换面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn
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