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MEANING/意义

丢人

EXAMPLES/列句

你怎么能这么粗鲁呢?真丢人！

ní zěn me néng zhè me cū lǔ ne ? zhēn diū rén !

How can you behave so rudely? What a disgrace!

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	你	nǐ	you
2.	怎么	zěn me	how，why
3.	能	néng	can，be able to
4.	这么	zhè me	so，such，like this
5.	粗鲁	cū lǔ	rude，rough
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两人因为一块钱而打架，真是丢人。

liǎng rén yīn wèi yí kuài qián ér dǎ jià ，zhēn shì diū rén .

It is really a shame that they fought just for one RMB.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	两	liǎng	two (used instead of 'er' in some cases) ; both (sides or parties) ; a couple of，a few
2.	人	rén	person，people，human being
3.	因为	yīn wèi	because，because of，for，on account of
4.	一块	yí kuài	a piece of
5.	钱	qián	coins; coin-shaped thing; money; fortune fund; wealth; traditional unit of weight equivalent to 5g
6.	而	ér	(and) yet，nevertheless; (used between an adverbial element of purpose，cause，manner，...and a verb to be modified)
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COMBINATIONS/组合

丢人现眼

diū rén xiàn yǎn

to make a fool of oneself，to make a spectacle of oneself