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

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

to look ashen; to look pale
- 煮飯老媽子從此就駭破了膽，後來一提起，還是立刻面如土色，自己輕輕地拍著胸脯道：“阿呀，駭死我了，駭死我了……” [MSC, trad.]
  煮饭老妈子从此就骇破了胆，后来一提起，还是立刻面如土色，自己轻轻地拍著胸脯道：“阿呀，骇死我了，骇死我了……” [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1926 March 10, Lu Xun（魯迅）, Ah Chang and the Book of Hills and Seas（《阿長與〈山海經〉》）, translation based on Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang's version
  zhǔfàn lǎomāzǐ cóngcǐ jiù hài pò le dǎn, hòulái yī tíqǐ, háishì lìkè miànrútǔsè, zìjǐ qīngqīngde pāizhe xiōngpú dào: “Āya, hài sǐ wǒ le, hài sǐ wǒ le......” [Pinyin]
  The old woman’s nerves were never the same again. Whenever people spoke of this later, she would turn the colour of earth and beat her breast. “Aya!” she would whimper. “It gave me such a turn! Such a turn it gave me...”