汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 颜面扫地
颜面扫地 (顏面掃地)
lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
It is a metaphor for losing face and being clean
比喻面子丧失干净。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

公共交通真是让印度颜面扫地

Public transport is a disgrace.

为免颜面扫地,也许向商业天使寻求私人的帮助更好些。

To avoid humiliation, it might be better to seek help privately, from some business angels.

这支球队上一次在联赛中输得颜面扫地,在场督战的是一名英国人,人称“打伞的傻帽”。

The team's last bid to reach a big tournament, overseen by a native known as “the wally with a brolly”, ended in humiliation.