| 释义 |
Examples:facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—facing imminent catastrophe—in a position facing the sun—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—facing directly (with one's eyes)—facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life—facing the water (favored location)—lie to (facing the wind)—facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—small rooms facing or the side of the main hall or veranda—warm oneself facing the fire—fall into difficulty (e.g. facing bankruptcy)—(soccer) facing the goalmouth—knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution—battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution—the part of a house facing the street serving as a store—not repent even facing death [idiom.]—facing impossible odds [idiom.]—rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose)—avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at save face—please do it for my sake (i.e. save my face)(humble)—Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)—adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes—as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)—lit. smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback—lit. not know the true face of Lushan Mountain—stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)—seize and send (to court, to face punishment)—have a face as terrifying as the warrior attendant of the Buddha [idiom.]—lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon [idiom.]— |