# 丢脸 (diūliǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 丢脸 (diūliǎn) means “to lose face; embarrassing”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lose face; embarrassing
- Pinyin: diūliǎn (diu1 lian3)
- Traditional: 丟臉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 在大家面前迟到很丢脸。
  Zài dàjiā miànqián chídào hěn diūliǎn.
  Being late in front of everyone is embarrassing.

## Characters

- [丢](https://hanziro.com/word/diu-lose/) (diū): to lose; to throw
- [脸](https://hanziro.com/word/lian-face/) (liǎn): face

https://hanziro.com/word/diu-lian-lose-face/

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