with a snub nose and a wry mouth -- a very ugly face
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B í t ā Zu ǐ w ā I, which means serious facial injury. From scholars.
The origin of Idioms
The third and ninth chapter of scholars: "Xiao Yunxian's marbles are forbidden there, and there is no place to hide."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: nose trampling mouth crooked, nose collapsing mouth crooked
Idiom usage
It is used as attributive and adverbial to describe a person's injury. Only two people came out of the temple with the bird leader in their arms, and they were all in a fight. The seventh chapter of Dangkou Zhi
with a snub nose and a wry mouth -- a very ugly face
a crab in boiling water—be at a loss - luò tāng páng xiè
make obeisance and perform the rites of courtesy - kē tóu lǐ bài
military forces are to be used only for the maintenance of peace and order - zhǐ gē wéi wǔ