面不改色 — Chinese idiom
面不改色
miàn bù gǎi sè
Meaning
- not bat an eyelid
Character by character
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
Idioms sharing a character
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
- 唾面自干 tuò miàn zì gān
- 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng
- 四面楚歌 sì miàn Chǔ gē
- 掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì
- 改头换面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn
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