pleasant expression; good face
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a pleasant facial expression; a friendly look
informalOften used in spoken Chinese, especially in the negative form "没好脸" or "没个好脸" to indicate displeasure. The suffix "儿" (ér) is optional and common in colloquial speech.
Nǐ你
yī一
tiān天
dào到
wǎn晚
méi没
ge个
hǎo好
liǎn脸
，
shì是
shuí谁
dé得
zuì罪
nǐ你
la啦
？
You never have a pleasant expression all day long, who offended you?
Wǒ我
gēn跟
tā他
dǎ打
zhāo招
hu呼
，
tā他
lián连
ge个
hǎo好
liǎn脸
dōu都
méi没
gěi给
wǒ我
。
I greeted him, but he didn't even give me a friendly look.
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Bà爸
ba爸
jīn今
tiān天
xīn心
qíng情
bú不
cuò错
，
zǒng总
suàn算
gěi给
wǒ我
men们
hǎo好
liǎn脸
kàn看
le了
。
Dad is in a good mood today and finally gave us a pleasant expression.