面色如土 miàn sè rú tǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. ashen-faced (idiom)

CHARACTERS

面 miàn face; surface; plane; side, dimension
色 sè color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty
如 rú if, supposing; as if; like, as
土 tǔ soil, earth; items made of earth