sallow and emaciated

sallow and emaciated

Yellow face and thin flesh, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à nhu á NGJ à sh à u, meaning yellow face and thin body. Describe a person who is malnourished or ill. From unicorn.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Wumingshi's "unicorn cow" the first discount: "brother also, you are so yellow and thin, how can you win."

Idiom usage

In Huo Guang GUI Jian written by Yang Zi of Yuan Dynasty, it is said that "the eyes deceive and shrink the cheeks; the face is yellow and thin." Shi Naian's the story of the water margin Chapter 6: find a small room behind the kitchen, and see some old monks sitting on the ground, one by one pale and skinny. Chapter 20 of three swordsmen and five righteousness by Shi Yukun of Qing Dynasty: I suddenly saw a woman walking in front of me. She was about thirty years old, yellow and thin, haggard, but somewhat beautiful. Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: there are also those who carry pots, and there are also those who carry children in the basket. All of them are yellow, skinny, and ragged. In the past, and after a while, the streets are full of people.