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素面朝天
sù​miàn​cháo​tiān

to wear no makeup

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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
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