yán sè 
		color
countenance
appearance
facial expression
pigment
dyestuff
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǔ yán liù sè 
		multi-colored
every color under the sun
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hóng yán 
		a beautiful woman
young beauties
youths
rosy cheeks
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hàn yán 
		to blush with shame (literary)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gè zhǒng yán sè 
		multicolored
a variety of colors
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hóng yán zhī jǐ 
		close female friend
confidante
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lán yán zhī jǐ 
		close male friend
confidant
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xǐ xiào yán kāi 
		grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
beaming with happiness
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán zhēn qīng 
		name of a person, Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligrapher
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiào zhú yán kāi 
		smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
all smiles
joy written across one's face
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hé yán yuè sè 
		amiable manner
pleasant countenance
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hóng yán bó mìng 
		beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yán Huí 
		Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yán Yuān 
		Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán miàn sǎo dì 
		lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán tǐ 
		Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bā yán kā lā 
		Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黄河 Huang He river
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nú yán bì xī 
		servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
bending and scraping to curry favor
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bó yán 
		Bayan (name)
Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239
Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cí yán 
		one's mother's loving face
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pò yán 
		break into a smile
to open (of flowers)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhèng yán lì sè 
		solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			róng yán shī sè 
		(of complexion) to lose one's color
to blanch
wan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hào shǒu cāng yán 
		white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nù yán xiāng bào 
		to shoot a vengeful look at sb (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gěi nǐ diǎn yán sè kàn kan 
		(I'll) teach you a lesson
put you in your place
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán zhí 
		attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní 
		even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yán shè 
		to ejaculate onto sb's face
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hóng yán 
		a beautiful woman
young beauties
youths
rosy cheeks
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiǎng yán huān xiào 
		to pretend to look happy
to force oneself to smile
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎng yán 
		to nourish one's skin
to maintain a youthful appearance