Chinese–English

唾面自干

tuò miàn zì gān · tuo mian zi gan

Traditional 唾面自乾

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  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
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