Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
变色
biànsè
Description
"变色"是说东西的颜色发生了变化。
"变色" means that the color of something has changed.
有时也用来说人生气或害怕的时候脸色变了。
Sometimes it is also used to describe when someone's face changes color due to anger or fear.
Meanings
变色biànsè
to change color
到了秋天，树叶开始变色。
In autumn, the leaves start to change color.
变色biànsè
to change facial expression (from anger or fear)
听到这个坏消息，他脸都变色了。
Upon hearing the bad news, his face changed color.
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Notes
- Etymology
变 (change) + 色 (color/complexion), a verb-object compound.
- Nuance
literal sense is color change; figurative sense describes a face reacting to strong emotion.
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