面黃肌瘦
miàn​huáng​jī​shòu

emaciated and haggard

  • created sense approved 面黄肌瘦/面黃肌瘦 · miàn​huáng​jī​shòu · emaciated and haggard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    面黄肌瘦 / 面黃肌瘦

    miàn​huáng​jī​shòu

    emaciated and haggard

    literally yellow-faced and thin-bodied; describes someone who looks sickly, malnourished, or physically exhausted

    面 (literal) → 面 · miàn · face 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow 肌 (literal) → 肌 · jī · muscle 瘦 (literal) → 瘦 · shòu · thin

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

    created sense