淡妆浓抹 — Chinese idiom
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
Traditional: 淡妝濃抹
Meaning
- in light or heavy makeup
Character by character
- 淡dànwatery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
- 妆zhuāngadornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up
- 浓nóngconcentrated, dense, strong, thick
- 抹mǒto apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
Idioms sharing a character
- 平淡无奇 píng dàn wú qí
- 惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng
- 淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì
- 淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì
- 轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě
- 浓妆艳抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
- 浓墨重彩 nóng mò zhòng cǎi
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn
- 抹不下脸 mǒ bù xià liǎn
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