examine sb.'s countenance

examine sb.'s countenance

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à nm à Obi à ns è, which means to act according to the other person's face and expression. It's from a thousand words.

Notes on Idioms

Color: refers to the face.

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Dynasty, Liang and Zhou Xingsi's Qian Zi Wen said, "listen to the sound and judge the reason, judge the appearance and judge the color."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate; derogatory. Examples in Dunhuang Bianwen Ji · Bianwen of Wu Zixu: "it's different to judge the appearance and color, and to observe the monarch." Shi Daoyuan's Jingde Zhuandeng Lu (Volume 22) in Song Dynasty: "the monk said," do you want to know a certain Jia? " The teacher said, "judge appearance and color." The fifth and ninth chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: "the eldest man only wants to distinguish between appearance and color in the name of fan. He doesn't recognize what he said in the past. He manages his feelings and borrows them." ming · Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan (Volume 9): Zhu Shiyuan is a man in the end. He knows his daughter's mind by judging her appearance and color. The thirty third chapter of the wild old man's Expositions: "I know that the tortoise and the bustard are the first-class elves in the world. I have already guessed nine points by judging their appearance and color." Chapter 43 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: therefore, all these places are not easy to see. It's called sailing in the wind and judging the appearance.