开脸 (開臉)
kāi liǎn
Pinyin
Definition
开脸 (開臉)
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- (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old)
- to carve a face
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to open
- 2 to show (a ticket)
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to switch on
- 1 to open
- 2 to start
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to boil
- 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- 6 to operate (a vehicle)
- 7 carat (gold)
- 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
- 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
- 1 to feel happy
- 2 to rejoice
- 3 to have a great time
- 4 to make fun of sb
Idioms (20)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
- 1 One key opens one lock.
- 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
- 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
- 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
- 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
- 2 to break fresh ground
劈头盖脸
- 1 lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
- 2 showering down