灰頭土臉

See also: 灰头土脸

Chinese

		grey; ash	head; (noun suffix)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	face
trad. (灰頭土臉)		灰	頭	土	臉
simp. (灰头土脸)		灰	头	土	脸
Literally: “to have one's entire head a face covered in dirt”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huītóutǔliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huītóutǔliǎn [Phonetic: huītóutúliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueitóutǔliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-tʻou²-tʻu³-lien³
    • Yale: hwēi-tóu-tǔ-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueitourtuulean
    • Palladius: хуэйтоутулянь (xuejtoutuljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵
    • Yale: fūi tàuh tóu líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ teo⁴ tou² lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ liːm¹³/

Idiom

灰頭土臉

1. to look despondent; to look dejected