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灰頭土臉. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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grey; ash
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head; (noun suffix)
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
face
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| trad. (灰頭土臉)
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灰
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頭
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土
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臉
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| simp. (灰头土脸)
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灰
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头
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土
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脸
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| Literally: “to have one's entire head a face covered in dirt”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
灰頭土臉
- to look despondent; to look dejected