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Today, we explore the idiom 「顏面掃地」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
A metaphor for losing face completely.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán miàn sǎo dì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaan4 min6/min2 sou3 dei6
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