See also: 灰头土脸

Chinese

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grey; ash head; (noun suffix)
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
face
trad. (灰頭土臉)
simp. (灰头土脸)
Literally: “to have one's entire head a face covered in dirt”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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灰頭土臉

  1. to look despondent; to look dejected