Chinese Notes

脸 (臉) liǎn

liǎn noun face
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '臉')
liǎn noun cheek
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '臉')
liǎn noun reputation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '臉')

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老脸(老臉) self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen
皮脸(皮臉) naughty; cheeky; impudent; shameless
赏脸(賞臉) (polite) do me the honor
脸厚(臉厚) thick-skinned; brazen
热脸贴冷屁股(熱臉貼冷屁股) to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke; to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
油头滑脸(油頭滑臉) oily head and smooth face; crafty and careless
铜锤花脸(銅錘花臉) (Chinese opera) tongchui hualian
高扬脸儿(高揚臉兒) arrogant ; to ignore
娃娃脸(娃娃臉) baby face; doll face
四方脸(四方臉) square-jawed face
鼻青脸肿(鼻青臉腫) a bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered
抛脸(拋臉) to lose face; humiliation
洗脸盘(洗臉盤) a hand basin
满脸生花(滿臉生花) all smiles; beaming from ear to ear
小白脸儿(小白臉兒) pretty boy
灰头土脸(灰頭土臉) head and face filthy with grime; covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
劈头盖脸(劈頭蓋臉) splitting the head and covering the face; pelting (with rain etc); showering down
往脸上抹黑(往臉上抹黑) to bring shame to; to smear; to disgrace
刮脸(刮臉) to shave one's face
脸红筋涨(臉紅筋漲) red and tense with anger
黑脸鹟莺(黑臉鶲鶯) black-faced warbler (Abroscopus schisticeps)
棕脸鹟莺(棕臉鶲鶯) rufous-faced warbler (Abroscopus albogularis)
照脸(照臉) to reflect one's face [in the mirror]; to face directly
鬼脸(鬼臉) wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask
没脸(沒臉) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
脸色(臉色) complexion ; facial expression
脸孔(臉孔) a face
虎起脸(虎起臉) to take a fierce look
脸部(臉部) face
死皮赖脸(死皮賴臉) brazen faced; shameless
脸部表情(臉部表情) facial expression
脸大(臉大) bold; unafraid
黑脸噪鹛(黑臉噪鶥) masked laughingthrush (Garrulax perspicillatus)
白脸䴓(白臉鳾) Przevalski's nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii)
死不要脸(死不要臉) to be totally shameless
笑脸儿(笑臉兒) smiling face
甩脸子(甩臉子) to grimace with displeasure; to pull a long face
哭脸(哭臉) to weep; to snivel
要脸(要臉) to save somebody's face
锈脸钩嘴鹛(鏽臉鉤嘴鶥) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys)
别脸(別臉) to turn one's face away
翻脸不认人(翻臉不認人) to fall out with and become hostile
臭脸(臭臉) sour face; scowling face
唱红脸(唱紅臉) to play the role of the hero ; to play the good cop
白脸(白臉) white face; face painting in Beijing opera
厚脸皮(厚臉皮) brazen; shameless; impudent; thick-skinned
讪脸(訕臉) impudent
转脸(轉臉) to turn one's head; in no time; in the twinkling of an eye
脸相(臉相) complexion; looks; appearance of one's face
蓝脸鲣鸟(藍臉鰹鳥) masked booby (Sula dactylatra)

Also contained in

脸书

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Truncated for common words

第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
第二回 Chapter 25 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
第八十九回 Chapter 89 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
第二回 Chapter 26 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6

Collocations

脸上 (臉上) 噴那毒氣在洪太尉臉上 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一回 Chapter 1 — count: 49
过脸 (過臉) 且回過臉來喫盞酒兒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 9
脸来 (臉來) 且回過臉來喫盞酒兒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 8
猛脸 (猛臉) 猛臉長官司 — History of Ming 明史, 卷九十志第六十六兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 — count: 6
在脸 (在臉) 諂淚在臉 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百七十一列傳第一百二十一: 李渤張仲方裴潾李中敏李甘高元裕李漢李景儉 Volume 171 Biographies 121: Li Bo, Zhang Zhongfang, Pei Lin, Li Zhongmin, Li Gan, Gao Yuanyu, Li Han, Li Jingjian — count: 5
脸儿 (臉兒) 變作笑吟吟的臉兒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 5
骨脸 (骨臉) 雙拳骨臉 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 4
脸来看 (臉來看) 回過臉來看時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 3
一脸 (一臉) 搽一臉胭脂鉛粉 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十七回 Chapter 27 — count: 3
脸似 (臉似) 臉似墨裝 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 3