脸
liǎn
face
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 她的脸很漂亮。Her face is pretty.
- 洗脸了吗?Did you wash your face?
Collocations
洗脸红脸丢脸
Mnemonic
脸 liǎn "face" — simplified from 臉. 月 (body/flesh) radical + 佥 phonetic. Idiomatic: 丢脸 "lose face", 给脸 "give face" — culturally key concept. Compare 面 (formal "face"). 脸蛋 = "cheeks/face affectionately".
Quick check
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