A bird's face in the shape of a swan(hú xíng niǎo miàn)
A bird's face in the shape of a swan
The Chinese idiom, H ú x í ngni à OMI à n in pinyin, refers to the thin and hungry appearance. It comes from the preface to Song Zhi Xian.
The origin of Idioms
GUI Youguang's preface to sending Song county magistrate to Song Dynasty in Ming Dynasty: "at the age of 18, Hou Jiayi recommended hunger, and those who fled to him, like a swan, fought for service."
Idiom usage
As an object or adverbial, it refers to a person's haggard appearance.
Chinese PinYin : hú xíng niǎo miàn
A bird's face in the shape of a swan
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