面如灰土

Traditional form:

面如灰土

Pinyin (reading):

miànrúhuītǔ

Definitions:

• ashen-faced (idiom)

Characters:

• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth

Traditional characters:

• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth