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  *臉* | 臉* | *臉
HSK 2
complexion / look
HSK 5
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
cheek
HSK 7-9
to lose face / humiliation
HSK 7-9
to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable
HSK 7-9
features, face (esp. derogatorily) / look / appearance / countenance
to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine
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types of facial makeup in operas
to grimace with displeasure / to pull a long face
cheek / face
ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame)
to blush / to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
to have no sense of shame; shameless
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
face
face / cheek
face
face
to fall out with sb; to become hostile
attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo
stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face
baby face / doll face
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
oval face
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
brazen
to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented)
to worry oneself sick / to fret
brazen faced (idiom); shameless
lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to
cheek / face (often of child)
thin-skinned / sensitive
to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression
to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
to fall out with sb and become hostile
(polite) do me the honor
to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye
faded old woman
to have a taut face / to pull a long face / to look displeased
lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom) / fig. to talk up; to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else)
white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
red in the face / extremely angry
lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
sour expression on one's face
to shave one's face
to look displeased / to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings / to put aside one's pride
shop front / facade
head and face
to play the role of the villain (idiom)
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
(jocular) shame on you!
bold / unafraid
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
pockmarked face
lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly
facial contour; facial shape
(idiom) (of a person) to be highly respected; to enjoy prestige
brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned
right in the face
square-jawed face
long face; miserable look
shamelessly
naughty / cheeky / impudent / shameless
to pull a long face / to scowl
to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
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face / contour of face
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
cheek
to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm
impudent
shameless; brazen
shape of face / physiognomy
(coll.) to look alike / to be a spitting image of
to weep / to snivel
yellow face (due to sickness etc) / yellow-skinned people
face-blind; prosopagnosic
complexion / looks / appearance of one's face
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(of the face) to harden; to sag
(of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face
sour face / scowling face / CL: 張|张,
(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨|净 role
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
variant of 臉型|脸型, shape of face / physiognomy
(coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud
square face
a person's face as seen from the front
facial expression
green in the face (idiom) / to look unwell
puzzled / bewildered

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