He has a bright face(xū méi hào rán)

He has a bright face

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ū m é IH à or á n, which means white beard and eyebrows. It describes old age. From "Hedong Ji · Weidan".

The origin of Idioms

Weidan, a story of Hedong, written by Xue Yusi of Tang Dynasty: there is an old man in Russia, who is seven feet long and has a brown fur belt. He comes out of Erqing.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used of the elderly.

Chinese PinYin : xū méi hào rán