见不得人

見不得人

jiànbudérén

adjective #13,801

Meanings

1 shameful
2 not fit to be seen
3 disgraceful

Characters

able to (complement)

Examples

HSK 1

你做了什么见不得人的事？

Nǐ zuò le shénme jiànbudérén de shì?

What shameful thing have you done?

HSK 1

这有什么见不得人的？

Zhè yǒu shénme jiànbudérén de?

What's so shameful about this?

Tips

memory

见 (see) + 不得 (cannot) + 人 (people) - literally 'cannot be seen by people', something you'd hide from others.

Stroke Order

见 jiàn

不 bù

得 de

人 rén