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

皓首苍颜 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
破颜 pò yán to break into a smile; (of flowers) to open
红颜知己 hóng yán zhī jǐ close female friend; confidante
红颜祸水 hóng yán huò shuǐ femme fatale
红颜薄命 hóng yán bó mìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
纯素颜 chún sù yán see 素顏|素颜[su4 yan2]
给你点颜色看看 gěi nǐ diǎn yán sè kàn kan (I'll) teach you a lesson; put you in your place
蓝颜知己 lán yán zhī jǐ close male friend; confidant
开心颜 kāi xīn yán to rejoice; smiling
开颜 kāi yán to smile; to beam
面颜 miàn yán face
颜值 yán zhí attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)
颜值高 yán zhí gāo good-looking
颜厚 yán hòu brazen
颜厚有忸怩 yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
颜回 yán huí Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]
颜射 yán shè to ejaculate onto sb's face
颜控 yán kòng someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)
颜文字 yán wén zì Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)
颜渊 yán yuān Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
颜真卿 yán zhēn qīng Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
颜面扫地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
颜体 yán tǐ Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
驻颜 zhù yán to maintain a youthful appearance
颜粉 yán fěn fans who admire a celebrity based mainly on their appearance or looks
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