奴顏

Chinese

		slave	colour; countenance; face
trad. (奴顏)		奴	顏
simp. (奴颜)		奴	颜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): núyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: núyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: núyán
    • Wade–Giles: nu²-yen²
    • Yale: nú-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuyan
    • Palladius: нуянь (nujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ jɛn³⁵/

Noun

奴顏

1. sycophancy

   • 魯迅的骨頭是最硬的，他沒有絲毫的奴顏和媚骨，這是殖民地半殖民地人民最可寶貴的性格。 [MSC, trad.]
     鲁迅的骨头是最硬的，他没有丝毫的奴颜和媚骨，这是殖民地半殖民地人民最可宝贵的性格。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]

     Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.

Derived terms

• 奴顏婢睞 / 奴颜婢睐
• 奴顏婢膝 / 奴颜婢膝 (núyánbìxī)
• 奴顏媚骨 / 奴颜媚骨 (núyánmèigǔ)
• 婢膝奴顏 / 婢膝奴颜