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to lose face · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 掉漆; on the Mainland it is 丢人 - both point at “to lose face”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 掉漆、丟人 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
丢人 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 掉漆 | 丢人 |
| Reading | ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧ diào qī | diū rén ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄣˊ |
| Senses | to lose face | to lose face |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 掉漆 · 丟人 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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