出言不遜 chū yán bù xùn

to speak rudely

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to speak rudely

Characters

Character Meaning
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
遜 xùn
modest; unpretentious; yielding