素颜 (素顏)
sù yán
Pinyin

Definition

素颜 (素顏)
 - 
sù yán
  1. a face without makeup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素材
sù cái
  1. 1 source material (in literature and art)
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence

Idioms (9)

勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
  1. 1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 to be total strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我告诉你，连我的男朋友都没看过我素颜的样子，你休想要我在几十万人面前卸妆！
wǒ gàosu nǐ ，lián wǒ de nán péngyou dōu méi kàn guò wǒ sùyán de yàngzi ，nǐ xiūxiǎng yào wǒ zài jǐ shíwàn rén miànqián xièzhuāng ！
B: No, really. Even my boyfriend has never seen me without makeup, so don't even think of making me take off my makeup in front of hundreds of thousands of people!
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