ひんしゅくをかう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひんしゅくをかう – see the following entry.
顰蹙を買う
[idiom] to displease someone (due to one's speech or conduct), to be frowned upon
(This term, ひんしゅくをかう (hinshukuokau), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)