颜 yán

face, facial appearance

HSK 2 #1545

DEFINITIONS

  • face, facial appearance
  • surname Yan
  • color
  • face
  • countenance
  • Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

STROKES

WORDS

颜色 yán sè
HSK 2
color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
颜料 yán liào paint; dye; pigment
颜面 yán miàn face; prestige
红颜 hóng yán a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks
容颜 róng yán mien; complexion
五颜六色 wǔ yán liù sè multi-colored; every color under the sun
汗颜 hàn yán to blush with shame (literary)
喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
和颜悦色 hé yán yuè sè amiable manner; pleasant countenance
笑逐颜开 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face
素颜 sù yán a face without makeup
养颜 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin; to maintain a youthful appearance
伯颜 bà yán 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
厚颜 hòu yán shameless
厚颜无耻 hòu yán wú chǐ shameless
各种颜色 gè zhǒng yán sè multicolored; a variety of colors
奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
容颜失色 róng yán shī sè (of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; wan
巴颜喀拉 bā yán kā lā Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
强颜欢笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
怡颜悦色 yí yán yuè sè happy countenance
慈颜 cí yán one's mother's loving face
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū ， shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb); fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
正颜厉色 zhèng yán lì sè solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
无颜见江东父老 wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo (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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