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素面朝天

sù miàn cháo tiān

4-character word

What 素面朝天 means

  1. lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei {杨贵妃|Yáng Guì fēi}) (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. to present oneself just as one is, without artifice

The characters in 素面朝天

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