面有難色

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (面有難色)		面	有	難	色
simp. (面有难色)		面	有	难	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànyǒunánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ jau⁵ naan⁴ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànyǒunánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànyǒunánsè
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-yu³-nan²-sê⁴
    • Yale: myàn-yǒu-nán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannyeounanseh
    • Palladius: мяньюнаньсэ (mjanʹjunanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ jau⁵ naan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: mihn yáuh nàahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ jau⁵ naan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ yeo⁵ nan⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² jɐu̯¹³ naːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

面有難色

1. to show reluctance on one's face