qiǎng​yán

to force an expression

  • created reference approved 强颜/強顏 → 强颜欢笑/強顏歡笑 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    强颜 / 強顏 qiǎng​yán

    强颜欢笑 / 強顏歡笑 qiǎng​yán​huān​xiào

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 强颜/強顏 · qiǎng​yán · to force an expression — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    强颜 / 強顏

    qiǎng​yán

    to force an expression

    to force an expression onto one's face (usually to hide shame or distress); to be brazen or thick-skinned

    qiáng​yán, jiàng​yán

    强 (literal) → 强/強 · qiǎng · to force 颜 (literal) → 颜/顏 · yán · face

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense