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面红耳赤 (miàn hóng ěr chì): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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面红耳赤 (miàn hóng ěr chì): Blush / Turn red with embarrassment — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

面红耳赤 consists of 4 characters.

face, surface, side

red; bare; loyal

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Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 面红耳赤 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith样子

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

de的

yàng样

zi子

neutral

the appearance of being flushed

Verb + Objectwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

Adverb + Verbwith争吵

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

de地

zhēng争

chǎo吵

Verb + Complementwith争

zhēng争

de得

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

Example Sentences with 面红耳赤

tā他

pǎo跑

bù步

hòu后

，

liǎn脸

hóng红

neutral

feel flushed and embarrassed

neutral

quarrel with a flushed face

neutral

argue until flushed and red-eared

le

了

，

ěr耳

duǒ朵

yě也

hóng红

le了

。

After running, his face turned red and his ears also turned red.

dāng当

bèi被

wèn问

jí及

nà那

duàn段

qīng青

sè涩

wǎng往

shì事

shí时

，

tā他

jìng竟

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

dì地

zhuǎn转

yí移

le了

huà话

tí题

。

When asked about that innocent past, he blushed and changed the subject.

zài在

dǒng董

shì事

huì会

shàng上

，

tā他

yīn因

shù数

jù据

shī失

wù误

bèi被

dāng当

zhòng众

zhǐ指

chū出

，

dùn顿

shí时

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

。

At the board meeting, he turned red with embarrassment when his data error was pointed out publicly.

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xiǎo小

míng明

zài在

kè课

táng堂

shàng上

huí回

dá答

cuò错

le了

wèn问

tí题

，

dùn顿

shí时

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

，

gǎn感

dào到

fēi非

cháng常

gān尴

gà尬

。

Xiao Ming answered the question incorrectly in class and immediately blushed with embarrassment.

nǐ你

wèi为

hé何

měi每

cì次

tí提

jí及

cǐ此

shì事

jǐn尽

guǎn管

duì对

fāng方

yán言

cí辞

jī激

liè烈

，

tā

tā他

men们

yīn因

wèi为

yì意

jiàn见

bù不

hé合

zhēng争

lùn

tā她

yīn因

bèi被

dāng当

zhòng众

zàn赞

měi美

ér而

miàn面

hóng

，

dōu都

huì会

biàn变

de得

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

ne呢

？

Why do you always blush whenever this matter is mentioned?

他

bìng并

wèi未

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

，

fǎn反

ér而

lěng冷

jìng静

yìng应

duì对

。

Despite the other party's harsh words, he did not blush but responded calmly instead.

论

qǐ起

lái来

，

chǎo吵

dé得

miàn面

hóng红

ěr耳

chì赤

，

shuí谁

yě也

bù不

kěn肯

ràng让

bù步

。

They argued over their disagreement, getting so heated that their faces turned red and neither would back down.

红

ěr耳

chì赤

，

què却

yòu又

nán难

yǎn掩

nèi内

xīn心

de的

xǐ喜

yuè悦

zhī之

qíng情

。

She blushed from being praised in public, yet could not hide the joy in her heart.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 面红耳赤.

Words with 面

前面qián miànHSK 1
后面hòu miànHSK 1
面条miàn tiáoHSK 2
见面jiàn miànHSK 3
面包miàn bāoHSK 3
对面duì miànHSK 4
方面fāng miànHSK 4
表面biǎo miànHSK 5

Words with 红

西红柿xī hóng shìHSK 4
分红fēn hóng
朱红zhū hóng
滇红diān hóng
眼红yǎn hóng
红利hóng lì
红包hóng bāo
红润hóng rùn

Words with 耳

耳朵ěr duoHSK 3
刺耳cì ěr
悦耳yuè ěr
耳光ěr guāng
耳机ěr jī
耳环ěr huán
聂耳niè ěr
交头接耳jiāo tóu jiē ěr

Words with 赤

赤字chì zì
赤忱chì chén
赤痢chì lì
赤道chì dào