"Looks" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rén cái talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks
 róng mào one's appearance / one's aspect / looks / features
 zhǎng xiàng appearance / looks / profile / countenance
 rén pǐn moral standing / moral quality / character / personality / appearance / looks (colloquial) / bearing
 méi yǎn brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances
姿 zī róng looks / appearance
 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks
 cǎi color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]
姿 zī beauty / disposition / looks / appearance
 liǎn xiàng complexion / looks / appearance of one's face
 kàn qǐ lái seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be
 kàn qǐ lai seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be
 qì shì imposing manner / loftiness / grandeur / energetic looks / vigor
 kàn yàng zi it seems / it looks as if
 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking
姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm
姿 zī sè good looks (of a woman)
 mào měi good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman)
 chòu měi to show off one's good looks shamelessly
 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally
 luò tāng jī a person who looks drenched and bedraggled / like a drowned rat / deep distress
 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
姿 fēng zī charm / good looks
 Pān Yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
 xū yǒu qí biǎo looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance
 mǔ woman who looks after small children / (old) female tutor
 miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at
 táo very drunk / blotto / happy appearance / happy looks
 héng méi nù mù lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes / to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
西 Xī zǐ pěng xīn lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom) / fig. a woman's lovely looks, despite the pangs of illness
 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
 fēng yǔ rú huì lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) / fig. the situation looks grim
 guài yàng odd expression / funny looks / queer face / to grimace / to give sb funny looks / to pull faces
 nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
 chuāng yí mǎn mù a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
 sè lì cí yán severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
 zǒu xiàng to lose one's good looks
 lóng mài dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon
 qióng suān xiàng wretched look / shabby looks
 róng zhǐ looks and demeanor
 bèi shā (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手[bei4 ying3 sha1 shou3]
 bèi yǐng shā shǒu (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀[bei4 sha1]
 nì shēng zhǎng to seem to grow younger / to regain one's youthful looks
 wài xié outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会[wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4])
 Dà xīng Jī chǎng Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), nicknamed 海星機場|海星机场[hai3 xing1 ji1 chang3] because its terminal looks like a huge starfish
 hǎi xīng jī chǎng nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場|北京大兴国际机场[Bei3 jing1 Da4 xing1 Guo2 ji4 Ji1 chang3], whose terminal building looks like a giant alien starfish
 yán kòng someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)
 bái yún cāng gǒu lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
 mǎn mù chuāng yí a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
 mào ruò Pān An1 to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
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