a benevolent and kind countenance
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C í m é ISH à nm à, which means to describe a person's appearance as a kind-hearted one. It comes from Lao Zhang's philosophy.
The origin of Idioms
Lao She's philosophy of Lao Zhang: "round face, full of silver gray beard, kind eyebrows, good purpose."
Idiom usage
It is used as attribute and complement to describe a person's good face. example his kind-hearted manner makes people very close.
Chinese PinYin : cí méi shàn mù
a benevolent and kind countenance
like the palm of one 's own hand. liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
be endowed with extraordinary talents. rú chuán dà bǐ