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  • v.have the nerve; have the effrontery

    • dāng zhe lǎo rén miàn wǒ zěn me hǎo yì si jù jué ne

      老人怎么好意思拒绝

      How could I turn down the request in the presence of my elders?

    • nǐ zěn me hǎo yì si lái yào qián

      怎么好意思

      How can you have the nerve to ask for money?

    • zuò le zhè zhǒng shì kuī tā hái hǎo yì si shuō

      好意思

      Fancy his doing that sort of thing and then having the nerve to talk about it!

    • rén jia yào qǐng wǒ hē jiǔ wǒ hǎo yì si bù hē ma

      人家好意思

      When he offered me a drink, how could I have the nerve to refuse it?