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厚顏無恥

简 厚颜无耻 · 繁 厚顏無恥
Mandarin · pinyin hòu yán wú chǐ

Meanings

  1. shameless
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厚
hòu · thick; substantial; greatly
顏
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無
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恥
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颜
yán · face, facial appearance
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
耻
chǐ · shame, humiliation; ashamed
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4–2–2–3 · hou4 yan2 wu2 chi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hau5 ngaan4 mou4 ci2

Cantonese word readings for 厚顏無恥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hau5 ngaan4 mou4 ci2

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) utterly shameless

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