浓妆艳抹 — Chinese idiom
浓妆艳抹
nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
Traditional: 濃妝艷抹
Meaning
- to apply makeup conspicuously
- dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
Character by character
- 浓nóngconcentrated, dense, strong, thick
- 妆zhuāngadornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up
- 艳yànbeautiful, glamorous, sexy, voluptuous
- 抹mǒto apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
Idioms sharing a character
- 淡妆浓抹 dàn zhuāng nóng 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
- 拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo
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