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正顏厲色

简 正颜厉色 · 繁 正顏厲色
Mandarin · pinyin zhèng yán lì sè

Meanings

  1. solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
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Characters in this entry

正
zhèng · right, proper, correct
顏
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厲
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色
sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
颜
yán · face, facial appearance
厉
lì · whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet
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Mandarin tones

4–2–4–4 · zheng4 yan2 li4 se4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zing3 ngaan4 lai6 sik1

Cantonese word readings for 正顏厲色. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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