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We’re presenting the idiom 「汗顏無地」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Shame on face: sweat on the face. Describes extreme shame and embarrassment.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hàn yán wú dì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hon6 ngaan4 mou4 dei6/dei2

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