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tián 恬 bù 不 zhī 知 chǐ 耻

恬不知耻 tián bù zhī chǐ

shameless; brazen

Literally: calm not know shame

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Origin

From Tang and Song texts; Feng Menglong's Dongzhou Lieguo Zhi uses 恬不知耻 of an official who felt no shame at his misconduct.

How to use it

Predicate or adverbial; strongly negative. Often 恬不知耻地撒谎.

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  1. 他明明抄袭了别人的文章，还恬不知耻地到处宣传。
    Tā míngmíng chāoxí le biérén de wénzhāng, hái tián bù zhī chǐ de dàochù xuānchuán.
    He clearly plagiarized someone else's article, yet shamelessly promotes it everywhere.
    he obviously plagiarize (aspect particle) others (attributive particle) article, still calm not know shame (adverbial particle) everywhere publicize
  2. 面对确凿的证据，他竟然恬不知耻地否认一切。
    Miànduì quèzáo de zhèngjù, tā jìngrán tián bù zhī chǐ de fǒurèn yíqiè.
    Faced with conclusive evidence, he brazenly denied everything.
    face conclusive (attributive particle) evidence, he unexpectedly calm not know shame (adverbial particle) deny everything

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