面红耳赤 (miàn hóng ěr chì): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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面红耳赤
面红耳赤
(miàn hóng ěr chì): Blush / Turn red with embarrassment (verb/idiom) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
面 • miàn • side; aspect; surface • HSK 3.0 · L2
HSK 3.0 · L2
miàn
面
side; aspect; surface
红 • hóng • red • HSK 3.0 · L5
HSK 3.0 · L5
hóng
红
red
耳 • ěr • ear
ěr
耳
ear
赤 • chì • red; bare; loyal
chì
赤
red; bare; loyal
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 面红耳赤.
面
红
耳
赤
Words with
面
前面
qián miàn
front
后面
hòu miàn
at the back; behind; later
面条儿
miàn tiáo r
noodles
上面
shàng miàn
on top of
下面
xià miàn
below
外面
wài miàn
outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
里面
lǐ miàn
inside
面条
miàn tiáo
noodles
4.
How to Use 面红耳赤 in Sentences
Adjective + Noun
with
样子
miàn
面
hóng
红
ěr
耳
chì
赤
de
的
yàng
样
zi
子
neutral
the appearance of being flushed
Verb + Object
with
感到
gǎn
感
dào
到
miàn
面
hóng
红
ěr
耳
chì
赤
Adverb + Verb
with
争吵
miàn
面
hóng
红
ěr
耳
chì
赤
de
地
zhēng
争
chǎo
Verb + Complement
with
争
zhēng
争
de
得
miàn
面
hóng
红
ěr
耳
chì
赤
5.
Example Sentences with 面红耳赤
zài
在
dǒng
董
shì
事
huì
会
shàng
上
，
tā
neutral
feel flushed and embarrassed
吵
neutral
quarrel with a flushed face
neutral
argue until flushed and red-eared
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.
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
，
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?
jǐn
尽
guǎn
管
duì
对
fāng
方
yán
言
cí
辞
jī
激
liè
烈
，
tā
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.
tā
她
yīn
因
bèi
被
dāng
当
zhòng
众
zàn
赞
měi
美
ér
而
miàn
面
hóng
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.
