面如土色

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	as (if); such as	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (面如土色)		面	如	土	色
simp. #(面如土色)		面	如	土	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàn rú tǔ sè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàn rú tǔ sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàn rú tǔ sè
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴ ju² tʻu³ sê⁴
    • Yale: myàn rú tǔ sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann ru tuu seh
    • Palladius: мянь жу ту сэ (mjanʹ žu tu sɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/

Idiom

面如土色

1. to look ashen; to look pale