无地自容

無地自容
wúdì-zìróng
idiom #19,865

Meanings

  1. 1 so ashamed as to have no place to hide
  2. 2 to feel deeply embarrassed

Examples

Tā dāngzhòng chūchǒu, gǎndào wúdì-zìróng.
He embarrassed himself in public and felt deeply ashamed.
Bèi lǎoshī pīpíng hòu, tā wúdì-zìróng.
After being criticized by the teacher, she felt so ashamed she wanted to hide.

Tips

memory
(no) + (ground/place) + (self) + (to contain) - so ashamed there is no ground that can contain you. Picture someone so embarrassed they wish the earth would swallow them up.

Stroke Order

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