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素面朝天

Mandarin · pinyin sù miàn cháo tiān

lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃 Yáng Guì fēi) (idiom)
fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
to present oneself just as one is, without artifice

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4–4–2–1 · su4 mian4 chao2 tian1

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sou3 min6 ciu4 tin1

Cantonese word readings for 素面朝天. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

sou3 min6 ciu4 tin1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(literary, historical) to present oneself to the emperor without any makeup
(figurative, of a woman) to wear no makeup; to show one's natural features; to present oneself just as one is