唾面自干

Traditional form:

唾面自乾

Pinyin (reading):

tuòmiànzìgān

Definitions:

• to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
• to drain the cup of humiliation

Characters:

• 唾 - to spit; to spit on; saliva
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 唾 - to spit; to spit on; saliva
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)