打脸 dǎ liǎn

打脸

dǎ liǎn：lit. slap in the face.

打: hit, beat

脸: face.

打脸 ：makes someone feel embarrassed and losing face.

It can be used to describe when things turn out to be completely contrary to one’s assumption ,

especially when one is too confident or reckless to jump into conclusions, and it’s immediately proven wrong.