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顏面掃地

yánmiànsǎodì

ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ

Simplified 颜面扫地

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  1. 1lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
  2. 2to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
Example

穿舊衣服出門令我感覺顏面掃地。

chuān jiù yīfu chūmén lìng wǒ gǎnjué yánmiànsǎodì

I was ashamed to go out in old clothes.

Keep 顏面掃地 and it comes back until you know it.

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