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颜面扫地

yán miàn sǎo dì

4-character word Traditional 顏面掃地

What 颜面扫地 means

1. lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
2. to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)

The characters in 颜面扫地

• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 面miànface; side; surface
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 穿旧衣服出门令我感觉颜面扫地。
  Chuān jiù yīfu chūmén lìng wǒ gǎnjué yánmiànsǎodì.
  I was ashamed to go out in old clothes.