1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi
1 smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
2 all smiles
3 joy written across one's face
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
颜厚有忸怩
yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní
1 even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)