"Makeup" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jié gòu structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
 cǎi zhuāng makeup / cosmetics
 huà zhuāng pǐn cosmetic / makeup product
 huà zhuāng to put on makeup
 bǔ kǎo to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
 liǎn pǔ types of facial makeup in operas
 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
 qīng chàng to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
 dàn zhuāng light makeup
 nóng zhuāng heavy makeup and gaudy dress
 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
 xiè zhuāng (of an actor) to remove makeup and costume / (computing) to uninstall / to unmount
 tú zhī mǒ fěn to put on makeup / to prettify
 xià zhuāng to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc)
 sù yán a face without makeup
 yān xūn zhuāng smoky-effect makeup around the eyes
 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
 jiǎn zhuāng makeup box (old)
 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face
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