feel ashamed of one's ungainly appearance

feel ashamed of one's ungainly appearance

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì C á nx í nghu ì, which means to feel ashamed of being inferior to others. It comes from Rongzhi, a new account of the world.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in Rongzhi, a new account of the world: "jade and pearls are on the side, I feel filthy."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, complement; derogatory

Examples

She just stayed in a dark corner and didn't dare to say a word. Chapter 11 of song of youth by Yang Mo

① Yu Dafu's the night of spring breeze intoxication: "compared with my peers who are around and at the same time, I am not ashamed of myself?"

He was a little ashamed to hear others talk.

② You shall not be ashamed of your lack of knowledge.

③ Maupassant's Necklace: "this kind of car can only be seen in Paris at night; during the day, it seems that they are too ashamed to come out."

④ Fang Zhimin's lovely China: "it's better to stand in front of the ladies in Europe and America. Even if you stand in front of the little Japanese girl, you're very ashamed."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] be ashamed of oneself, be ashamed of oneself, be willing to degenerate, be self contemptuous and self abasement, be at ease, feel ashamed, know oneself well, be ashamed of oneself

[antonym] arrogance, arrogance and superciliousness