本来面目 (本來面目)
běn lái miàn mù
Pinyin
Definition
本来面目 (本來面目)
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- true colors
- true features
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 on top of
- 2 above-mentioned
- 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
- 1 below
- 2 under
- 3 next
- 4 the following
- 5 also pr. [xià mian]
- 1 ahead
- 2 in front
- 3 preceding
- 4 above
- 5 also pr. [qián mian]
- 1 basic
- 2 fundamental
- 3 main
- 4 elementary
- 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
- 2 surface
- 3 exterior
- 4 external appearance
Idioms (20)
一本万利
- 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
- 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
- 2 to read very rapidly
一叶障目
- 1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
- 2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
- 3 can't see the wood for the trees