chữa thẹn

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

	[chữa thẹn]
		to mitigate one's shame; to save face
			Cười chữa thẹn
			To try to mitigate one's shame with a smile
			Nói vài câu chữa thẹn
			To try to mitigate one's shame with a few sentences

To mitigate one's shame
cười chữa thẹn to smile and mitigate one's shame, to try to mitigate one's shame with a smile
nói vài câu chữa thẹn to try to mitigate one's shame with a few sentences; to say a few sentences in extenuation of one's conduct (words)