碰一鼻子灰

Traditional form:

碰一鼻子灰

Pinyin (reading):

pèngyībízihuī

Definitions:

• lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt
• fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff

Characters:

• 碰 - to touch; to meet with; to collide, to bump into
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 鼻 - nose; first
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar

Traditional characters:

• 碰 - to touch; to meet with; to collide, to bump into
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 鼻 - nose; first
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar