赭面 zhěmiàn
zhěmiàn
set phrase
to paint the face with ocher
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A historic Tibetan custom (CC-CEDICT '赭面'; Guoyu '赭面'; Mathews 1931 '赭面', p. 31)
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- 卷一百九十六上 列傳第一百四十六上: 吐蕃上 Volume 196 Biographies 146: Tubo (Tibet) 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷二百一十六上 列傳第一百四十一上 吐蕃上 Volume 216a Biographies 141a: Tubo 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1