the face looks white as if painted(miàn rú fǔ fěn)

the face looks white as if painted

The Chinese idiom, MI à NR ú f à n, means to describe a man's beauty. It comes from Rongzhi, a new account of the world.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his book "new sayings of the world - Rongzhi": "uncle he Pingshu is beautiful and graceful, and his face is white; Emperor Wei and Ming doubted his fu powder. It's summer, and hot soup. Both eat, sweat, to Zhuyi from wipe, color turn bright

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate and attributive; used to describe a man's beauty. The 58th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "I see Ma Chaosheng's face is like a powder, and his lips are like vermilion. He had a thin waist and broad arms, a strong voice, a white robe and silver armor, and a long spear in his hand. The forty first chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: "his face is as white as powder, and his lips are as white as vermilion. The temples are blue and the eyebrows are crescent shaped. The battle dress is skillfully embroidered with dragons and phoenixes. Its shape is richer than that of Nezha. His hands are strong and his spears are sharp, and his body is protected by auspicious light. The sound is like thunder roaring in spring, and the sight is like electricity. If you want to know this magic real surname, it will be famous for thousands of years Chapter 7 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty: (Zidu) before he finished his speech, another young general came out of the class. His face was like a powder, his lips were like vermilion, his head was wearing a purple gold crown, and he was wearing a green robe made of gold. He pointed to Kao Shuda and said, "you can dance the flag, but I can't dance. The car will stay! " Chapter 99 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "at that time, I was in Handan. I occasionally saw strange people on the way. My face was as pink as powder, and my lips were as red as vermilion. Although I was lonely, I did not lose the spirit of being a noble man." The 29th chapter of the scholars written by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: "when the three people came near, their faces were like powder, their eyes were like paint, they were gentle, respectful and elegant, and they were like immortals." Chapter 34 of the scholars written by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: these two people have a face like powder, lips like vermilion, elegant demeanor and elegant body. Chapter 3 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: the more his face looks like powder, his lips look like fat, he looks forward to emotion and his words look like smile. A natural charm, all in the tip of the brow; life million kinds of feelings, know pile of eyes. Its appearance is the best, but its details are hard to know.

Chinese PinYin : miàn rú fǔ fěn