Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「淡妝濃抹」, explained here.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「淡妝濃抹」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Makeup: to put on makeup; apply: to apply powder. Refers to two different types of makeup and dressing: light and elegant and gaudy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dàn zhuāng nóng mò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daam6 jong1 nung4 maat3/mut3
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