Dictionary Entry: 素面朝天

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