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  *脸* | 脸* | *脸
HSK 2
complexion / look
HSK 5
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:
HSK 6
to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable
HSK 7-9
cheek
HSK 7-9
to lose face / humiliation
HSK 7-9
face
face
white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine
shape of face / physiognomy
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
to wash the face
across one's whole face
(slang) novice; greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool; idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸, pretty boy
oval face
face
to have no sense of shame; shameless
to blush / to turn red
cheek / face
bold / unafraid
pockmarked face
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types of facial makeup in operas
to blush / to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
to fall out with sb; to become hostile
face
all smiles / smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
shop front / facade
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
face / cheek
brazen faced (idiom); shameless
features, face (esp. derogatorily) / look / appearance / countenance
stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask
(polite) do me the honor
(idiom) (of a person) to be highly respected; to enjoy prestige
faded old woman
to pull a long face / to wear a mournful expression
to shave one's face
to have a taut face / to pull a long face / to look displeased
complexion / looks / appearance of one's face
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye
to save sb's face
head and face
mace (weapon) / (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸)
to look displeased / to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings / to put aside one's pride
to put on a straight, stern or blank face / to put on a poker face
right in the face
to worry oneself sick / to fret
thick-skinned / brazen
facial contour; facial shape
to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm
variant of 臉型|脸型, shape of face / physiognomy
(coll.) to look alike / to be a spitting image of
face-blind; prosopagnosic
(coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud
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to be shameless
impudent
to weep / to snivel
(of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face
bashful / shy
to lose face / humiliation
(of the face) to harden; to sag
to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face
brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned
visor
a person's face as seen from the front
to pull a face / to grimace / to scowl
to turn one's face away
sour face / scowling face / CL: 張|张,
V-shaped face
puzzled / bewildered
attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo
brazen
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face
cheek / face
shameless; brazen
to fall out with sb and become hostile
to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom) / to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
square face
to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
facekini
cheek / face (often of child)
green in the face (idiom) / to look unwell
sour expression on one's face
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
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)
to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop
yellow face (due to sickness etc) / yellow-skinned people
to scan one's face (for identity verification)

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