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  *霜* | 霜* | *霜
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury
HSK 7-9
the autumn chrysanthemum braves the frost (idiom)
hoar frost
white arsenic / arsenic trioxide As2O3
eye cream
wind and frost / fig. hardships
facial cream (cosmetics)
(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner / frigid
weather-beaten / having experienced the hardships of life
quinine powder
early frost
autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age
to frost up
suntan lotion / sunscreen cream
pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
moisturizer
to defrost / defrosting
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
hand cream / hand lotion
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
Anna May Wong (1905-1961), Chinese American Hollywood actress


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