唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān

DEFINITIONS

  1. to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. to drain the cup of humiliation

CHARACTERS

唾 tuò
HSK 6
spit, spit on; saliva
面 miàn
HSK 1
face; surface; plane; side, dimension
自 zì
HSK 3
self, private, personal; from
乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)