丢 diū
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 王 king, ruler 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
丢人
diūrén
to lose face; shameful
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 承认自己不懂并不丢人，装懂才可能造成严重后果。 Chéngrèn zìjǐ bù dǒng bìng bù diūrén, zhuāng dǒng cái kěnéng zàochéng yánzhòng hòuguǒ. Admitting that you do not understand is not shameful; pretending to understand may cause serious consequences.
- 做错了就改，不用觉得丢人。 Zuò cuò le jiù gǎi, bú yòng juéde diūrén. If you get it wrong, just fix it; there is no need to feel ashamed.
- 大家都在看，你别在这里丢人了！ Dàjiā dōu zài kàn, nǐ bié zài zhèlǐ diūrén le! Everyone is watching, stop embarrassing yourself here!
Related words
- 丢 diū to lose; to throw away
- 丢脸 diūliǎn to lose face; disgraceful
- 丢弃 diūqì to discard; to throw away
- 丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful; careless about details
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 病人 bìngrén patient, sick person
- 工人 gōngrén worker
- 家人 jiārén family member
- 老人 lǎorén old person, the elderly
- 男人 nánrén man
- 女人 nǚrén woman
- 人 rén person, people