| 碰一鼻子灰 |
pèng yī bí zi huī |
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff |
| 碰 |
pèng |
variant of 碰 |
| 碰 |
pèng |
to touch / to meet with / to bump |
| 碰 |
pèng |
old variant of 碰 |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 鼻 |
bí |
nose |
| 鼻子 |
bí zi |
nose / CL:个,只 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 灰 |
huī |
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |