面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
面红耳赤
miànhóng'ěrchì
flushed with anger or embarrassment
Characters in this word
红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
耳 ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
赤 chì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 赤 — red, scarlet
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 听到大家的夸奖，她不好意思得面红耳赤。 Tīngdào dàjiā de kuājiǎng, tā bù hǎoyìsi de miànhóng ěrchì. Hearing everyone's praise, she was so embarrassed that her face turned red to the ears.
- 兄弟俩为一件小事吵得面红耳赤。 Xiōngdì liǎ wèi yí jiàn xiǎo shì chǎo de miànhóng ěrchì. The two brothers argued over a trifle until they were red in the face.
- 他被老师当众点名，紧张得面红耳赤，说不出话来。 Tā bèi lǎoshī dāngzhòng diǎnmíng, jǐnzhāng de miànhóng ěrchì, shuō bù chū huà lái. Called on by the teacher in front of everyone, he was so nervous that he blushed red and could not speak.
Related words
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 面包 miànbāo bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 对面 duìmiàn opposite; across from
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāngmiàn aspect; side
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 面 miàn noodles
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 里面 lǐmiàn inside