make up one 's face heavily and dress gaudily
Heavy make-up, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n ó ngzhu à ngy à NSH à, which means to describe women's beautiful make-up. It comes from the poem of Bai county Yin in the record of stopping farming.
The origin of Idioms
Tao Zongyi of Ming Dynasty wrote "Bai county Yin's poem: Bai county Yin de Dai of Jiaxing passed Yaozhuang and visited Seng Sheng Fulin. When I wander around the city, I see women in heavy make-up. "
Idiom usage
The girl came out with heavy make-up. The fourth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty
make up one 's face heavily and dress gaudily
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