抹不下臉

抹
抹
不
不
下
下
脸
臉
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

Characters and words in 抹不下臉

抹
ma̅ = m + a1
to wipe
抹
mǒ = m + o3
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
抹 = 扌 + 末 : Inside of the observatory (o3) Jehova's Witness (末) is telling Mahatma Gandhi (m) that the world is going to end soon, but Mahatma Gandhi just wipes (扌) his mouth with a toy claw (扌) for speaking such nonsense.
抹
mò = m + o4
to plaster / to go around / to skirt
不
bù = bu + Ø4
(negative prefix) / not / no
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不
下
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
下
xià = xi + a4
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
脸
臉
liǎn = li + an3
face / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
脸 = 月 + 佥 : Li Qingzhao and General Fu Qian are enjoying the evening inside of the anthill. Li Qingzhao drank so much that she thinks Fu Qian's face looks like a big round moon.

Words with 抹不下臉

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Sentences with 抹不下臉

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