# 面红耳赤 (miànhóng'ěrchì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 面红耳赤 (miànhóng'ěrchì) means “flushed with anger or shame”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: flushed with anger or shame
- Pinyin: miànhóng'ěrchì (mian4 hong2 er3 chi4)
- Traditional: 面紅耳赤
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他们两人争得面红耳赤。
  Tāmen liǎng rén zhēng dé miànhóng'ěrchì.
  The two of them argued until they were red in the face.

## Characters

- [面](https://hanziro.com/word/mian-noodles/) (miàn): noodles; face
- [红](https://hanziro.com/word/hong-red/) (hóng): red
- 耳 (ěr): ear; handle (archaeology)
- 赤 (chì): red; scarlet

https://hanziro.com/word/mian-hong-er-chi-flushed-with-anger/

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