white about the gills(miàn ruò sǐ huī)
white about the gills
In Chinese, the Pinyin is mi à NRU à s à Hu à, which means to describe a person's face darkened due to extreme depression or panic. It comes from historical records · xiuwuxun.
The origin of Idioms
Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records xiuwuxun: "weeping in the daytime and weeping in the night, his face as gray as death, his color as moldy ink, and his tears mixed."
Analysis of Idioms
Face like ashes
Idiom usage
It refers to the color difference of a person's face
Chinese PinYin : miàn ruò sǐ huī
white about the gills
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