不要脸

不要臉

bùyàoliǎn

adjective #10,813

Meanings

HSK 2

你怎么这么不要脸！

Nǐ zěnme zhème bùyàoliǎn!

How can you be so shameless!

HSK 3

他不要脸地又来借钱了。

Tā bùyàoliǎn de yòu lái jiè qián le.

He shamelessly came to borrow money again.

memory

Literally 'don't want face' - 脸 (face) represents dignity/reputation in Chinese culture. Someone who 不要脸 has abandoned all shame.

不要脸 is a blunt, colloquial insult. 无耻 is the more formal equivalent for 'shameless'.

不 bù

要 yào

脸 liǎn