正言厉色
Traditional form:
正言厲色
Pinyin (reading):
zhèngyánlìsè
Definitions:
- solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
- also written 正顏厲色／正颜厉色
Characters:
- 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
- 厉 - whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
- 色 - color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
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