奴顏
Chinese
| slave | colour; countenance; face | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (奴顏) | 奴 | 顏 | |
| simp. (奴颜) | 奴 | 颜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: núyán
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: núyán
- Wade–Giles: nu2-yen2
- Yale: nú-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuyan
- Palladius: нуянь (nujanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nu³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
奴顏
- sycophancy
- 魯迅的骨頭是最硬的，他沒有絲毫的奴顏和媚骨，這是殖民地半殖民地人民最可寶貴的性格。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]
- Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.
鲁迅的骨头是最硬的，他没有丝毫的奴颜和媚骨，这是殖民地半殖民地人民最可宝贵的性格。 [MSC, simp.]