"素面朝天" meaning in 漢語

See 素面朝天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯³³ miːn²² t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA]
Etymology: 出自唐代楊貴妃的妹妹虢國夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝見唐玄宗的故事,據宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》:
  1. 不敷脂粉就朝見天子 Tags: historical, literary
    Sense id: zh-素面朝天-zh-phrase-bUBejBv4 Categories (other): 有歷史詞義的漢語詞, 漢語書面用語
  2. 不化妝 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-素面朝天-zh-phrase-Gwqv4gxB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "name": "官話詞元",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「天」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「朝」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「素」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「面」的漢語詞",
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      "parents": [],
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語俗語",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
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      "ref": "宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》",
      "roman": "Guóguó bù shī zhuāngfěn, zì xuàn měiyàn, cháng sùmiàncháotiān.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "虢國不施妝粉,自炫美艷,常素面朝天。",
      "translation": "虢國夫人不塗脂抹粉,以炫耀自己的美貌,常常不化妝就朝見天子。"
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      "ref": "宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》",
      "roman": "Guóguó bù shī zhuāngfěn, zì xuàn měiyàn, cháng sùmiàncháotiān.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "虢国不施妆粉,自炫美艳,常素面朝天。",
      "translation": "虢國夫人不塗脂抹粉,以炫耀自己的美貌,常常不化妝就朝見天子。"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "出自唐代楊貴妃的妹妹虢國夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝見唐玄宗的故事,據宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》:",
  "lang": "漢語",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語書面用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "不敷脂粉就朝見天子"
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      "id": "zh-素面朝天-zh-phrase-Gwqv4gxB",
      "raw_tags": [
        "指女性"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ ciu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "su⁴-mien⁴-chʻao²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sù-myàn-cháu-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suhmiannchaurtian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сумяньчаотянь (sumjanʹčaotjanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ ciu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou mihn chìuh tīn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ tsiu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ qiu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ miːn²² t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "素面朝天"
}
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  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「天」的漢語詞",
    "帶「朝」的漢語詞",
    "帶「素」的漢語詞",
    "帶「面」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
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      "ref": "宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》",
      "roman": "Guóguó bù shī zhuāngfěn, zì xuàn měiyàn, cháng sùmiàncháotiān.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "虢國不施妝粉,自炫美艷,常素面朝天。",
      "translation": "虢國夫人不塗脂抹粉,以炫耀自己的美貌,常常不化妝就朝見天子。"
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          29
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      "ref": "宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》",
      "roman": "Guóguó bù shī zhuāngfěn, zì xuàn měiyàn, cháng sùmiàncháotiān.",
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        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "虢国不施妆粉,自炫美艳,常素面朝天。",
      "translation": "虢國夫人不塗脂抹粉,以炫耀自己的美貌,常常不化妝就朝見天子。"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "出自唐代楊貴妃的妹妹虢國夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝見唐玄宗的故事,據宋·樂史《楊太真外傳》:",
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
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  "senses": [
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        "有歷史詞義的漢語詞",
        "漢語書面用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不敷脂粉就朝見天子"
      ],
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        "historical",
        "literary"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "不化妝"
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    }
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ ciu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sùmiàncháotian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "su⁴-mien⁴-chʻao²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sù-myàn-cháu-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "suhmiannchaurtian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сумяньчаотянь (sumjanʹčaotjanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ ciu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou mihn chìuh tīn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ tsiu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sou³ min⁶ qiu⁴ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ miːn²² t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "素面朝天"
}

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