厚颜
hòu yán
Pinyin

Definition

厚颜
 - 
hòu yán
  1. shameless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

厚
hòu
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 deep or profound
  3. 3 kind
  4. 4 generous
  5. 5 rich or strong in flavor
  6. 6 to favor
  7. 7 to stress
丰厚
fēng hòu
  1. 1 generous
  2. 2 ample
厚实
hòu shi
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 substantial
  3. 3 sturdy
  4. 4 solid
厚度
hòu dù
  1. 1 thickness
厚脸皮
hòu liǎn pí
  1. 1 brazen
  2. 2 shameless
  3. 3 impudent
  4. 4 cheek
  5. 5 thick-skinned
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
厚重
hòu zhòng
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 thickset (body)
  4. 4 massive
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 extravagant
  7. 7 profound
  8. 8 dignified
宽厚
kuān hòu
  1. 1 tolerant
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 magnanimous
  4. 4 thick and broad (build)
  5. 5 thick and deep (voice)
憨厚
hān hou
  1. 1 simple and honest
  2. 2 straightforward
深厚
shēn hòu
  1. 1 deep
  2. 2 profound
浓厚
nóng hòu
  1. 1 dense
  2. 2 thick (fog, clouds etc)
  3. 3 to have a strong interest in
  4. 4 deep
  5. 5 fully saturated (color)
无可厚非
wú kě hòu fēi
  1. 1 see 未可厚非[wèi kě hòu fēi]
脸皮厚
liǎn pí hòu
  1. 1 brazen
醇厚
chún hòu
  1. 1 mellow and rich
  2. 2 simple and kind
仁厚
rén hòu
  1. 1 kindhearted
  2. 2 tolerant
  3. 3 honest and generous
优厚
yōu hòu
  1. 1 generous, liberal (pay, compensation)
厚待
hòu dài
  1. 1 generous treatment
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚望
hòu wàng
  1. 1 great hopes
  2. 2 great expectations
厚朴
hòu pò
  1. 1 magnolia bark (bark of Magnolia officinalis)

Idioms (10)

厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
得天独厚
dé tiān dú hòu
  1. 1 blessed by heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 enjoying exceptional advantages
  3. 3 favored by nature
未可厚非
wèi kě hòu fēi
  1. 1 not to be censured too strictly (idiom)
  2. 2 not altogether inexcusable
  3. 3 understandable
深情厚意
shēn qíng hòu yì
  1. 1 profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
隆情厚谊
lóng qíng hòu yì
  1. 1 profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
颜厚有忸怩
yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní
  1. 1 even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
  1. 1 high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Sample Sentences

他就这样厚颜无耻地蒙混了许多年，和其他乐师领着一样优渥的薪水，过着不愁吃穿的生活。
tā jiù zhèyàng hòuyánwúchǐ de ménghùn le xǔduō nián ，hé qítā yuèshī lǐng zhe yīyàng yōuwò de xīnshuǐ ，guò zhe bùchóuchīchuān de shēnghuó 。
So he shamelessly deceived everyone like this for many years, receiving the same generous pay as the other musicians and living a comfortable life without having to worry about food or clothes.
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