丢人

diū rén

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Common

Definitions

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to show one's face

to gain face through positive exposure

to win an honor

to win honor (antonym in some contexts)

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to lose face

general loss of face

to lose face

colloquial for losing face

丢人 often takes degree complements like 死了 or 极了, e.g., 丢人死了.

丢人 is intransitive; avoid using it with an object, unlike English 'embarrass someone'.

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他在公共场合吵架，真丢人。

He argued in public; it was really embarrassing.

真丢人！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4444892)

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to make an exhibition of oneself

to lose

person; people