现眼

現眼
xiànyǎn
verb #37,393

Meanings

  1. 1 to embarrass oneself
  2. 2 to make a fool of oneself
  3. 3 to lose face publicly

Examples

Nǐ bié qù xiànyǎn le.
Don't go and embarrass yourself.
Tā zài tái shàng chàng pǎodiào, zhēn shì diūrén xiànyǎn.
He sang off-key on stage — what an embarrassment.

Tips

usage
现眼 almost always appears in the four-character set phrase 丢人现眼 (diūrén xiànyǎn, to lose face / make a public fool of yourself). The literal sense is to expose the eyes — to be exposed to everyone's view in shame. Quite colloquial; avoid in formal writing.

Stroke Order

xiàn
yǎn