"Artifice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qiǎo miào ingenious / clever / ingenuity / artifice
 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
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