难以启齿

nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)

to find it hard to speak about sth

难

nán

difficult (to...)

以

yǐ

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

启

qǐ

variant of 啟|启[qi3]

齿

chǐ

tooth