gaunt and emaciated(wū miàn hú xíng)

gaunt and emaciated

Wu Mian Hu Xing, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ū mi à NH ú x í ng, which means that the face is as black as a swan, and the body is as thin as a swan; it describes the state of being poor, hungry and down. From the biography of Hou Jing in Southern History

The origin of Idioms

"The people in exile, the dead painted the ground It is a black faced Swan shape

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Chinese PinYin : wū miàn hú xíng