羞于启齿 — Chinese idiom
羞于启齿
xiū yú qǐ chǐ
Traditional: 羞於啟齒
Meaning
- to be too shy to speak one's mind
Character by character
- 羞xiūshame, disgrace; shy, ashamed
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 启qǐto open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
Idioms sharing a character
- 恼羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù
- 碍口识羞 ài kǒu shí xiū
- 羞愧难当 xiū kuì nán dāng
- 闭月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 人浮于事 rén fú yú shì
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
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