面黄肌瘦
miàn huáng jī shòu
Pinyin

Definition

面黄肌瘦
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miàn huáng jī shòu
  1. yellow face, emaciated body (idiom); malnourished and sickly in appearance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
fāng miàn
  1. 1 respect
  2. 2 aspect
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
zhuō miàn
  1. 1 desktop
  2. 2 tabletop
jiè miàn
  1. 1 contact surface
  2. 2 (computing) interface
huà miàn
  1. 1 scene
  2. 2 tableau
  3. 3 picture
  4. 4 image
  5. 5 screen (displayed by a computer)
  6. 6 (motion picture) frame
  7. 7 field of view
shòu
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 to lose weight
  3. 3 (of clothing) tight
  4. 4 (of meat) lean
  5. 5 (of land) unproductive
jī fū
  1. 1 skin
  2. 2 flesh
  3. 3 fig. close physical relationship
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
jiàn miàn
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to see each other
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
miàn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 surface
  4. 4 aspect
  5. 5 top
  6. 6 classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn qián
  1. 1 in front of
  2. 2 facing
  3. 3 (in the) presence (of)
miàn duì
  1. 1 to confront
  2. 2 to face
miàn bāo
  1. 1 bread
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn],袋[dài],塊|块[kuài]
yī miàn
  1. 1 one side
  2. 2 one aspect
  3. 3 simultaneously... (and...)
  4. 4 one's whole face
shì miàn
  1. 1 aspects of society
  2. 2 the world

Idioms (20)

一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
  1. 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
改头换面
gǎi tóu huàn miàn
  1. 1 to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes
  2. 2 Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
泪流满面
lèi liú mǎn miàn
  1. 1 cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
沦肌浃髓
lún jī jiā suǐ
  1. 1 lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected
  2. 2 moved to the core
独当一面
dú dāng yī miàn
  1. 1 to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
  1. 1 lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. 3 a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
  1. 1 skinny; emaciated (idiom)
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears

Sample Sentences

所以说你的品味有问题嘛。说得好听点是邻家小女孩儿,其实就一土包子。中国比她漂亮的女孩儿一抓就是一大把。她要脸蛋没脸蛋,要身材没身材。面黄肌瘦,简直就是营养不良。扔在人群里绝对没人注意。只是到了好莱坞,物以稀为贵,才被捧上了天,觉得她是沉鱼落雁的东方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma 。shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 ,qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi 。Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir5 yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ 。tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn ,yào shēncái méi shēncái 。miànhuángjīshòu ,jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng 。rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì 。zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù ,wùyǐxīwéiguì ,cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān ,juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén 。
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.