词条素面朝天
拼音sù miàn cháo tiān
注音ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
素面朝天 基本解释
解释素面朝天
不施脂粉而朝见皇帝。
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国语辞典唐代杨贵妃的妹妹虢国夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝见天子的故事。见宋《乐史．杨太真外传．卷上》。
英语 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom), fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup, to present oneself just as one is, without artifice