羞耻心

羞恥心
xiūchǐxīn
noun #33,915

Meanings

  1. 1 sense of shame
  2. 2 feeling of shame; modesty

Examples

Zhège rén háo wú xiūchǐxīn.
This person has no sense of shame whatsoever.
Háizi cóngxiǎo jiù yīng péiyǎng xiūchǐxīn.
Children should develop a sense of shame from a young age.

Tips

culture
In Chinese moral thought 羞耻心 is treated as a cornerstone of character — Mencius listed ('the sense of shame and disgust') as one of the four innate moral sprouts. Saying someone 没有羞耻心 ('has no shame') is a heavy moral condemnation.

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