颜面扫地

lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)

surname Yan

color / face / countenance

Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

face / prestige

face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

to sweep

broom

to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]