难以启齿
Traditional form:
難以啟齒
Pinyin (reading):
nányǐqǐchǐ
Definitions:
- to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
- to find it hard to speak about sth
Characters:
- 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 齿 - teeth; gears, cogs; age
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