不要脸

不要臉

bùyàoliǎn

adjective #10,813

Meanings

你怎么这么不要脸！

Nǐ zěnme zhème bùyàoliǎn!

How can you be so shameless!

他不要脸地又来借钱了。

Tā bùyàoliǎn de yòu lái jiè qián le.

He shamelessly came to borrow money again.

memory

Literally 'don't want face' — 脸 (face) represents dignity/reputation in Chinese culture. Someone who 不要脸 has abandoned all shame.

不要脸 is a blunt, colloquial insult. 无耻 (wúchǐ) is the more formal equivalent for 'shameless'.

不 bù

要 yào

脸 liǎn