素颜
sù yán
Pinyin

Definition

素颜
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sù yán
  1. a face without makeup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素材
sù cái
  1. 1 source material (in literature and art)
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence
维生素
wéi shēng sù
  1. 1 vitamin
像素
xiàng sù
  1. 1 pixel
吃素
chī sù
  1. 1 to be a vegetarian
尿素
niào sù
  1. 1 carbamide
  2. 2 urea (NH2)2CO
抗生素
kàng shēng sù
  1. 1 antibiotic
朴素
pǔ sù
  1. 1 plain and simple
  2. 2 unadorned
  3. 3 simple living
  4. 4 not frivolous
毒素
dú sù
  1. 1 poison
激素
jī sù
  1. 1 hormone
营养素
yíng yǎng sù
  1. 1 nutrient
番茄红素
fān qié hóng sù
  1. 1 Lycopene
白素贞
Bái Sù zhēn
  1. 1 (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake
素描
sù miáo
  1. 1 sketch
素菜
sù cài
  1. 1 vegetable dish
素雅
sù yǎ
  1. 1 simple yet elegant
素面
sù miàn
  1. 1 face (of a woman) without makeup
  2. 2 solid color (unpatterned)

Idioms (9)

勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
  1. 1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 to be total strangers (idiom)
素昧平生
sù mèi píng shēng
  1. 1 to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
  2. 2 a complete stranger
  3. 3 not to know sb from Adam
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
  1. 1 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. 3 to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
艰苦朴素
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
  1. 1 leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
轻饶素放
qīng ráo sù fàng
  1. 1 easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free

Sample Sentences

我告诉你，连我的男朋友都没看过我素颜的样子，你休想要我在几十万人面前卸妆！
wǒ gàosu nǐ ，lián wǒ de nán péngyou dōu méi kàn guò wǒ sùyán de yàngzi ，nǐ xiūxiǎng yào wǒ zài jǐ shíwàn rén miànqián xièzhuāng ！
B: No, really. Even my boyfriend has never seen me without makeup, so don't even think of making me take off my makeup in front of hundreds of thousands of people!
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