cài

common
noun

Meaning of 菜色

菜色 means malnourished complexion; sallow or haggard look resulting from poor diet or starvation. Pronounced cài sè.

  • malnourished complexion; sallow or haggard look resulting from poor diet or starvation

Definitions & Examples

Yóu
lián
nián
huāng
 
cūn
mín
men
miàn
dài
cài
 

Due to years of famine, all the villagers had malnourished complexions.

Zhè
hái
zi
yíng
yǎng
liáng
 
liǎn
shang
dài
zhe
míng
xiǎn
de
cài
 

This child is malnourished and has an obviously sallow complexion.

miàn
yǒu
cài

to have a haggard, malnourished look

Cháng
áo
ràng
miàn
dài
cài
 

Staying up late for a long time left him with a haggard complexion.