paint and powder one 's face

paint and powder one 's face

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch á zh ī m ǒ f ě n, which means make-up. It is also used to describe cover up. From the ghost of the black book.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: plastering, oiling

Idiom usage

Some of the visitors and some of the ladies who were wearing powder were among them. Water by Ding Ling

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 19 of Peng Yangou's the evil spirit of the black book in Qing Dynasty: "every day when you get up, you can cover up the smoke on your face."