難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
  2. to find it hard to speak about sth

CHARACTERS

難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
以 yǐ
HSK 2
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
啟 qǐ open; begin
齒 chǐ teeth; gears, cogs; age; KangXi radical 211