| 唾面自干 |
tuò miàn zì gān |
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation |
| 唾 |
tuò |
saliva / to spit |
| 面 |
miàn |
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 |
miàn |
variant of 面 |
| 面 |
miàn |
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 干 |
gān |
old variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 |
gān |
variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield |
| 干 |
gàn |
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed |