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五顏六色
wǔ yán liù sè
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multi-colored;
every color under the sun
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伯顏
bà yán
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Bayan (name);
Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239;
Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
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厚顏
hòu yán
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shameless
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厚顏無恥
hòu yán wú chǐ
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shameless
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各種顏色
gè zhǒng yán sè
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multicolored;
a variety of colors
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和顏悅色
hé yán yuè sè
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amiable manner;
pleasant countenance
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喜笑顏開
xǐ xiào yán kāi
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grinning from ear to ear (idiom);
beaming with happiness
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奴顏婢膝
nú yán bì xī
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servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning;
bending and scraping to curry favor
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容顏
róng yán
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mien;
complexion
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容顏失色
róng yán shī sè
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(of complexion) to lose one's color;
to blanch;
wan
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巴顏喀拉
bā yán kā lā
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Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
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強顏歡笑
qiǎng yán huān xiào
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to pretend to look happy;
to force oneself to smile
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怡顏悅色
yí yán yuè sè
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happy countenance
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慈顏
cí yán
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one's mother's loving face
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書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉
shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū ， shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù
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lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb);
fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
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正顏厲色
zhèng yán lì sè
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solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
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汗顏
hàn yán
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to blush with shame (literary)
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無顏見江東父老
wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo
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(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
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皓首蒼顏
hào shǒu cāng yán
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white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
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破顏
pò yán
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to break into a smile;
(of flowers) to open
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笑逐顏開
xiào zhú yán kāi
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smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure;
all smiles;
joy written across one's face
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紅顏
hóng yán
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a beautiful woman;
young beauties;
youths;
rosy cheeks
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紅顏知己
hóng yán zhī jǐ
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close female friend;
confidante
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紅顏禍水
hóng yán huò shuǐ
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femme fatale
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紅顏薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
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beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
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