颜渊 (顏淵)
Yán Yuān
Pinyin

Definition

颜渊 (顏淵)
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Yán Yuān
  1. Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kǒng fū zǐ], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yán Huí]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
yán sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 countenance
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 facial expression
  5. 5 pigment
  6. 6 dyestuff
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
hòu yán wú chǐ
  1. 1 shameless
róng yán
  1. 1 mien
  2. 2 complexion

Idioms (11)

不啻天渊
bù chì tiān yuān
  1. 1 no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
  2. 2 worlds apart
  3. 3 the gap couldn't be bigger
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
  1. 1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)