面目 miànmù
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miànmù
noun
appearance; facial features; look
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 容貌 or 相貌 (Guoyu '面目' 1) -
miànmù
noun
honor; face
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 面子 (Guoyu '面目' 2)
Contained in
- 面目一新 a complete change
- 真面目 true identity; true colours
- 不识庐山真面目(不識廬山真面目) not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; can't see the forest for the trees
- 面目全非 nothing remains the same; change beyond recognition ; appearance totally different to the original
- 本来面目(本來面目) original appearance; true colors
- 面目可憎 repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二 尚賢下 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous III Mozi 墨子 — count: 9
- 卷八十九 列傳第五十九 忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
- 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 2
- 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
- 卷一百二十二 載記第二十二 呂光 呂纂 呂隆 Volume 122 Records 22: Lü Guang; Lü Zuan; Lü Long Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 荀子 — count: 2
- 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III Mozi 墨子 — count: 2
Collocations
- 面目见 (面目見) 我何面目見之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 56
- 靦面目 (靦面目) 有靦面目 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧何人斯 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - He Ren Si — count: 18
- 面目见天 (面目見天) 卿何面目見天下之人乎 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十四 吳延史盧趙列傳 Volume 64: Biographies of Wu, Yan, Shi, Lu, Zhao — count: 11
- 面目美好 (面目美好) 面目美好者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢下 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous III — count: 9
- 面目视 (面目視) 敢以面目視人乎 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 7
- 面目入 (面目入) 吾何面目入高廟乎 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十五 東方朔傳 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo — count: 6
- 面目立 (面目立) 何面目立於天下 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 4
- 面目见人 (面目見人) 何面目見人 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷二十一 梁書21: 列傳11 龐師古 霍存 符道詔 徐懷玉 郭言 李唐賓 王虔裕 劉康乂 王彥章 賀德倫 Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11 - Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He delun — count: 4
- 面目黧黑 (面目黧黑) 面目黧黑 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 4
- 面目相见 (面目相見) 何面目相見 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷三十 唐書6: 莊宗本紀四 Volume 30 Book of Later Tang 6: Zhuangzong Annals 4 — count: 4