素面朝天 — Chinese idiom
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
Meaning
- lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 (Yáng Guì fēi))
- fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
- to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
Character by character
- 素sùplain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 朝cháoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 尸位素餐 shī wèi sù cān
- 我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù
- 素不相能 sù bù xiāng néng
- 素不相识 sù bù xiāng shí
- 素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng
- 素未谋面 sù wèi móu miàn
- 艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù
- 轻饶素放 qīng ráo sù fàng
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
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