yán

face, facial appearance

HSK 2 #1545

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

颜 stroke order diagram
颜 stroke order animation

WORDS

色 yán sè color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
料 yán liào paint; dye; pigment
面 yán miàn face; prestige
hóng yán a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks
róng yán mien; complexion
六色 wǔ yán liù sè multi-colored; every color under the sun
hàn yán to blush with shame (literary)
喜笑开 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
悦色 hé yán yuè sè amiable manner; pleasant countenance
笑逐开 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face
sù yán a face without makeup
yǎng yán to nourish one's skin; to maintain a youthful appearance
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
hòu yán shameless
无耻 hòu yán wú chǐ shameless
各种色 gè zhǒng yán sè multicolored; a variety of colors
婢膝 nú yán bì xī servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
失色 róng yán shī sè (of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; wan
喀拉 bā yán kā lā Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
欢笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
悦色 yí yán yuè sè happy countenance
cí yán one's mother's loving face
书中自有黄金屋,书中自有如玉 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
厉色 zhèng yán lì sè solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
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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