顏面掃地 [颜－扫－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
  2. to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    穿旧衣服出门令我感觉颜面扫地。
    穿舊衣服出門令我感覺顏面掃地。
    chuān jiù yī fu chū mén lìng wǒ gǎn jué yán miàn sǎo dì 。
    • I was ashamed to go out in old clothes.