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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「愧天怍人」 here, with meaning and examples.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「愧天怍人」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

怍: ashamed. I feel ashamed before both God and people. It means that one is too ashamed to face others after doing something wrong.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kuì tiān zuò rén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kwai5 tin1 jok3 yan4

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.