chǐ

(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace

ear (耳) + sound (止) = shame you hear from others

The ear is the organ that hears judgment and criticism from others — shame is what you feel when words reach you. 止 mainly contributes the sound chǐ; the ear carries the emotional weight.

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他感到羞,低下了头。

tā gǎn dào xiū chǐ,dī xià le tóu。

He felt ashamed and lowered his head.

做了错事却不知,这很让人失望。

zuò le cuò shì què bù zhī chǐ,zhè hěn ràng rén shī wàng。

To do wrong and feel no shame is very disappointing.

Words with 耻

耻骂

chǐ mà

to abuse

雪耻

xuě chǐ

to take revenge for a past insult

一雪前耻

yī xuě qián chǐ

to wipe away a humiliation (idiom)

不耻下问

bù chǐ xià wèn

not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates

不知羞耻

bù zhī xiū chǐ

to have no sense of shame

八荣八耻

bā róng bā chǐ

Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines

勿忘国耻

wù wàng guó chǐ

Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria

卑鄙无耻

bēi bǐ wú chǐ

(idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity

厚颜无耻

hòu yán wú chǐ

shameless

可耻

kě chǐ

shameful

国耻

guó chǐ

national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria

报仇雪耻

bào chóu xuě chǐ

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

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