素
面
朝
天
素面朝天
- [ sù miàn cháo tiān ]
- ㄙㄨˋ ㄇ一ㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊ一ㄢ
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素面朝天的意思详解
词语解释
⒈ 不施脂粉而朝见皇帝。
引证解释
国语辞典
⒈ 唐代杨贵妃的妹妹虢国夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝见天子的故事。见宋《乐史·杨太真外传·卷上》。
英语翻译
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom), fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup, to present oneself just as one is, without ar