无地自容

wú dì zì róng

wanting the ground to swallow you

Character by character

无wú
no

地dì
ground

自zì
self

容róng
hold

当着大家的面被批评，我简直无地自容。

Told off in front of everyone, I wanted the ground to swallow me up.

Tone: neutral.

For shame or embarrassment, also 羞得无地自容.

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