a benevolent and kind countenance
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C í m é ISH à nm à, which means to describe a person's appearance as a kind-hearted one. It comes from Lao Zhang's philosophy.
The origin of Idioms
Lao She's philosophy of Lao Zhang: "round face, full of silver gray beard, kind eyebrows, good purpose."
Idiom usage
It is used as attribute and complement to describe a person's good face. example his kind-hearted manner makes people very close.
a benevolent and kind countenance
Don't harm your will with words - bù yǐ cí hài zhì
people jostle each other , talking and laughing - yǔ xiào xuān hū
fight for a man 's a scrap through jealousy - zhēng fēng chī cù
no kernels or seeds are gathered , as in a year of scarcity - kē lì wú shōu