tā / bù xiǎng / ràng / péng you / kàn dào / zì jǐ / hán chen / de / chū zū wū / suǒ yǐ / yī zhí / bù kěn / yāo qǐng / tā men / lái / zuò kè

他不想让朋友看到自己寒碜的出租屋，所以一直不肯邀请他们来做客。

He did not want his friends to see his shabby rental, so he kept refusing to invite them over.