現世

现世
xiànshì
  1. this life
  2. to lose face
  3. to be disgraced

CEDICT

  1. this life
  2. to lose face; to be disgraced; to bring shame on oneself
  3. to see the light of day; to come out

Wiktionary

  1. 今生，現在之世。
  2. 丟臉、出醜。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 現 xiàn
  1. to appear
  2. present
  3. now
  4. existing
  5. current
2 世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble

Containing this entry

現世報 xiànshìbào karmic retribution within one's lifetime
現世寶 xiànshìbǎo
  1. good-for-nothing
  2. fool

Related entries

今世 jīnshì
  1. this life
  2. this age
今生 jīnshēng this life
丟丑 diūchǒu to lose face
丟人 diūrén to lose face
多丢人啊！

How shameful!

Source: Tatoeba

丟臉 diūliǎn
  1. to lose face
  2. humiliation
他丢脸了。

He lost face.

Source: Tatoeba

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