耻 - chǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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恥 (耻)

chǐ

Definition

shame
disgrace

Character Decomposition

Related words (20)

pubic hair

to sneer at sb; to ridicule

恥辱

chǐ rǔ

disgrace; shame; humiliation

to abuse; to mock

pubis; pubic bone

shameful; disgraceful; ignominious

國恥

guó chǐ

national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria

廉恥

lián chǐ

honor and shame; sense of honor

忍恥

rěn chǐ

to endure humiliation

無恥

wú chǐ

without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless

知恥

zhī chǐ

to have a sense of shame

(a feeling of) shame

to take revenge for a past insult; to expunge a disgrace or humiliation

不知羞恥

bù zhī xiū chǐ

to have no sense of shame; brazen

不恥下問

bù chǐ xià wèn

not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates

shameless

to eat humble pie; to accept humiliation; to turn the other cheek

恬不知恥

tián bù zhī chǐ

to have no sense of shame

禮義廉恥

lǐ yì lián chǐ

sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維)

荒淫無恥

huāng yín wú chǐ

shameless

Idioms (3)

奇恥大辱

qí chǐ dà rǔ

extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)

報仇雪恥

bào chóu xuě chǐ

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

貧不足恥

pín bù zú chǐ

it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)

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