gaunt and emaciated
Bird face and Swan shape, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is niaomianhuxing, which means thin and unbearable. It comes from Zizhitongjian, the first year of Emperor Wen's Dabao in the bamboo slips of Liang Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Yellow and thin
The origin of Idioms
"Zizhitongjian. The first year of Emperor Wen's Dabao in the bamboo slips of Liang Dynasty": "there were locusts in the south of the Yangtze River for years Rich rooms have no food, and they are all bird faced and Swan shaped. "
Idiom usage
It refers to the face of a person. Poor people are all naked and hungry. In Qing Dynasty, Chu people won the 44th chapter of the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
gaunt and emaciated
the face looks white as if painted - miàn rú fǔ fěn
dense willow trees and bright flowers - liǔ àn huā míng
be as far removed as heaven from earth - pàn ruò yún ní