素面朝天
sù​miàn​cháo​tiān

to wear no makeup

  • created sense approved 素面朝天 · sù​miàn​cháo​tiān · to wear no makeup — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    素面朝天

    sù​miàn​cháo​tiān

    to wear no makeup

    literally to have an audience with the emperor without using powder or rouge; describes a woman presenting her natural face in public without wearing makeup or artifice

    素面 (literal) → 素面 · sù​miàn · face without makeup 朝天 (literal) → 朝天 · cháo​tiān · to look upward

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