失色 - Zhictionary

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失色

shīsè

to lose color
to turn pale

(literary) to turn pale (from surprise)
to lose color; to be discolored
to turn pale (from surprise)

对人的表情、态度不庄重。
失去原本的容色。形容神色因惊惶改变。《汉书．卷六八．霍光传》：「群臣皆惊愕失色，莫敢发言，但唯唯而已。」《文明小史．第一一回》：「傅知府听了，面孔失色，做声不得。」也作「失容」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

to lose
to miss
to fail

color
look
appearance
sex

classifier: 種

Containing this entry

dàjīngshīsè

to turn pale with fright (idiom)

róngyánshīsè

(of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; to look wan

jīnghuāngshīsè

to go pale in panic (idiom)

to lose one's splendor
to lose luster
to be eclipsed
to be overshadowed

Related entries

to lose color
to fade
also pr. diàoshǎi

to lose color
to turn pale
to bleach
to fade

to lose color
to fade

to turn pale
to lose color
to go white