Face like a shoe
Face like a boot, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi à ns à Xu à P í, meaning that the skin on the face is like a boot. A wrinkled face.
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Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty, Volume 2 of Guitian Lu: "Tian Yuan is a generous elder. He is in Santong, and he is tired of asking for help. Although he can't do it, he doesn't want to refuse it. Every time he smiles at it, he says:" I've been an envoy of Santong for several years, and I've been smiling like a boot. "
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Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty, Volume 2 of Guitian Lu: "Tian Yuan is a generous elder. He is in Santong, and he is tired of asking for help. Although he can't do it, he doesn't want to refuse it. Every time he smiles at it, he says:" I've been an envoy of Santong for several years, and I've been smiling like a boot. "
Face like a shoe
Don't burn incense at ordinary times, but rush to embrace Buddha's feet - píng shí bù shāo xiāng,jí lái bào fó jiǎo
lose a great deal through trying to save a little - yīn xiǎo shī dà
Fixing the chaos and supporting the decline - dìng luàn fú shuāi
the landscape evokes memories of the past - jí jǐng shēng qíng
the people are plunged into an abyss of misery - tú tàn shēng líng
give away the secrets of heaven - xiè lòu tiān jī