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顏面掃地

简颜面扫地 · 繁顏面掃地

Mandarin · pinyin yán miàn sǎo dì

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

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面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
掃: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
颜: yán · face, facial appearance
扫: sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate

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2–4–3–4 · yan2 mian4 sao3 di4

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ngaan4 min6 sou3 dei6

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