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yán

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Definitions

  1. 1. color
  2. 2. face
  3. 3. countenance

Words Containing 颜

厚颜无耻
hòu yán wú chǐ

shameless

厚颜
hòu yán

shameless

红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng

beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

蓝颜知己
lán yán zhī jǐ

close male friend

美颜
měi yán

to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc)

颜控
yán kòng

someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)

颜面扫地
yán miàn sǎo dì

lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom

颜值高
yán zhí gāo

good-looking

颜厚有忸怩
yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní

even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)

素颜
sù yán

a face without makeup

驻颜
zhù yán

to maintain a youthful appearance

养颜
yǎng yán

to nourish one's skin

颜面
yán miàn

face

红颜
hóng yán

a beautiful woman

伯颜
bà yán

Bayan (name)

颜回
yán huí

Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[yán yuān]

巴颜喀拉
bā yán kā lā

Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黃河|黄河[huáng hé] Huang He river

各种颜色
gè zhǒng yán sè

multicolored

颜体
yán tǐ

Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)

纯素颜
chún sù yán

see 素顏|素颜[sù yán]

正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè

solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling

汗颜
hàn yán

to blush with shame (literary)

书中自有黄金屋,书中自有颜如玉
shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù

lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)

颜厚
yán hòu

brazen

给你点颜色看看
gěi nǐ diǎn yán sè kàn kan

(I'll) teach you a lesson

容颜失色
róng yán shī sè

(of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; to look wan

红颜知己
hóng yán zhī jǐ

close female friend

笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi

smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure

开颜
kāi yán

to smile

红颜祸水
hóng yán huò shuǐ

femme fatale

颜渊
yán yuān

Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[kǒng fū zǐ], also known as 顏回|颜回[yán huí]

开心颜
kāi xīn yán

to rejoice

强颜欢笑
qiǎng yán huān xiào

to pretend to look happy

颜料
yán liào

paint

破颜
pò yán

to break into a smile

和颜悦色
hé yán yuè sè

amiable manner

容颜
róng yán

mien

颜色
yán sè

color

怡颜悦色
yí yán yuè sè

happy countenance

慈颜
cí yán

one's mother's loving face

颜文字
yán wén zì

Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)

面颜
miàn yán

face

奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī

servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning

颜射
yán shè

to ejaculate onto sb's face

颜真卿
yán zhēn qīng

Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty

喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi

grinning from ear to ear (idiom)

五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè

multicolored

颜值
yán zhí

attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)

无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo

(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)