脸皮薄

臉皮薄

liǎnpíbáo

adjective #70,228

Meanings

HSK 5

她脸皮薄，一说就脸红。

Tā liǎnpíbáo, yì shuō jiù liǎnhóng.

She is shy and blushes at the slightest word.

HSK 5

朋友欠我的钱，我脸皮薄，一直不好意思要。

Péngyou qiàn wǒ de qián, wǒ liǎnpíbáo, yìzhí bùhǎoyìsi yào.

A friend owes me money, but I'm too bashful to ask for it back.

usage

The opposite, 脸皮厚, means thick-skinned in the bad sense: brazen and shameless. 薄 is the spoken reading here, not bó.

脸 liǎn

皮 pí

薄 báo