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面不改色

Mandarin · pinyin miàn bù gǎi sè

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面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
改: gǎi · change, alter; improve, remodel
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

4–4–3–4 · mian4 bu4 gai3 se4

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min6 bat1 goi2 sik1

Cantonese word readings for 面不改色. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) one's facial expression remains unchanged; to remain calm; without batting an eyelid