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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「羞人答答」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「羞人答答」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Dada: A shy look. Used to describe feeling embarrassed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiū rén dá dá

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sau1 yan4 daap3 daap3

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