正颜厉色
zhèng​yán​lì​sè

stern and serious

  • created sense approved 正颜厉色/正顏厲色 · zhèng​yán​lì​sè · stern and serious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    正颜厉色 / 正顏厲色

    zhèng​yán​lì​sè

    stern and serious

    To have a solemn and severe expression; to look strict and unsmiling.

    正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · correct 颜 (literal) → 颜/顏 · yán · face 厉色 (literal) → 厉色/厲色 · lì​sè · stern countenance

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

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