变色易容 — Chinese idiom
变色易容
biàn sè yì róng
Traditional: 變色易容
Meaning
- to change color and alter one's expression ; to go white with fear
- out of one's wits
Character by character
- 变biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
- 易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
- 容róngappearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to ho
Idioms sharing a character
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 不识时变 bù shí shí biàn
- 亘古不变 gèn gǔ bù biàn
- 俗随时变 sú suí shí biàn
- 千变万轸 qiān biàn wàn zhěn
- 民变峰起 mín biàn fēng qǐ
- 瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn
- 穷则思变 qióng zé sī biàn
- 节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn
- 处变不惊 chǔ biàn bù jīng
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