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lily-white skin

Face is like cream, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à NR ú n í ngzh à, describes the appearance of white and plump. It comes from Rongzhi, a new account of the world.

Idiom explanation

Clotted fat: Condensed fat. His face is white and plump.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his book "new sayings of the world - Rongzhi": "his face is as thick as cream, and his eyes are as lacquered. He is a man of the fairies."

Idiom usage

It refers to a person's appearance