浓妆艳抹 — Chinese idiom

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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