颜面扫地 Chinese English dictionary 颜面扫地 translate 颜面扫地 pinyin

颜面扫地

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
颜面扫地 yánmiànsǎodì	颜面扫地 \| 颜面扫地* \| *颜面扫地	lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)	顏面掃地

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
颜	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	15画页 + 9	yán	face, facial appearance	ngaan4	顏顔 0128 YHMBO


面	面 \| 面* \| *面	9画面 + 0	miàn	face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176	min6	麵 1060.0 MWYL


扫	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	6画手扌 + 3	sǎo, sào	sweep, clear away; exterminate	sou3	掃 5707 QSM


地	地 \| 地* \| *地	6画土 + 3	dì, de	earth; soil, ground; region	dei6	4411.2 GPD

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
颜面扫地 yánmiànsǎodì	颜面扫地 \| 颜面扫地* \| *颜面扫地	lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)


颜 Yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	surname Yan


颜 yán	颜 \| 颜* \| *颜	color / face / countenance


颜面 yánmiàn	颜面 \| 颜面* \| *颜面	face / prestige


面　miàn	面 \| 面* \| *面	face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc


面　miàn	面 \| 面* \| *面	variant of 麵｜面


面　miàn	面 \| 面* \| *面	flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless


扫　　sǎo	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	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


扫　　sào	扫 \| 扫* \| *扫	(bound form) a (large) broom


扫地　　sǎodì	扫地 \| 扫地* \| *扫地	to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low


地　　　de	地 \| 地* \| *地	-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct


地　　　dì	地 \| 地* \| *地	earth / ground / field / place / land / CL: 片