liêm sỉ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 廉恥.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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liêm sỉ

  1. (literary or humorous) being honest and upright in one's ways and having a sense of shame
    Liêm sỉ gì tầm này.
    Shame is good as trash now that we're in shit this deep.