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

你做了什么见不得人的事？

Nǐ zuò le shénme jiànbudérén de shì?

What shameful thing have you done?

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 dé

人 rén