daai6 jin4 bat1 caam4大言不慚大言不惭
Jyutpingdaai6 jin4 bat1 caam4
Yaledaaih yìhn bāt chàahm
Definition
Shameless; to boast or make grand claims without any sense of embarrassment or shame.
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How it's used
This idiom carries a strong sense of moral judgment and is used to criticize someone who lacks self-awareness regarding their own incompetence or wrongdoing. It is often employed in formal or semi-formal contexts to highlight the audacity of a person's claims. Unlike simply being wrong, the focus here is on the complete absence of shame while making those claims.
Examples
He clearly made a mistake, yet he shamelessly claims he is right.
Related words
Common phrases
to say something shamelessly
Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a simple way to say someone is lying, but it specifically emphasizes the lack of shame or embarrassment in the speaker. It is not used for casual mistakes but for situations where the person is brazenly confident in their falsehoods.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
