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难以启齿

nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

4-character word Traditional 難以啟齒

What 难以启齿 means

1. to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
2. to find it hard to speak about sth

The characters in 难以启齿

• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention