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素面朝天

sù miàn cháo tiān

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 杨贵妃yáng guì fēi) (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. 3. to present oneself just as one is, without artifice

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