Frown and make up

Frown and make up

The Chinese idiom ch ó um é it í Zhu ā ng is used to describe women's coquettish make-up. It comes from the book of the later Han Dynasty, five elements annals I.

Idiom explanation

Frown: make the brow thin and tortuous; make up: gently wipe off the whitewash under the eyes to make the mark.

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Fan Ye's five elements annals of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "in the Yuanjia period of emperor Huan, women in Kyoto frowned, crowed, lost their horses in a bun, stooped and grinned. The so-called melancholy, thin and tortuous. Those who cry make-up, thin ornament eyes, if cry

Idiom usage

To describe a woman's coquettish adornment.