瓜子脸

瓜子臉
guāzǐliǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 oval face
  2. 2 melon-seed face

Examples

HSK 3
Tā zhǎng zhe yì zhāng guāzǐliǎn.
She has an oval face.
HSK 7-9
Gǔdài huà lǐ de měinǚ dàduō shì guāzǐliǎn, liǔyèméi.
Most beauties in old paintings have oval faces and willow-leaf eyebrows.

Tips

culture
Shaped like a melon or sunflower seed, a 瓜子: wider at the forehead, tapering to a pointed chin. With the rounder 鸭蛋脸 'duck-egg face', it is the classic ideal of a pretty face.

Stroke Order

瓜 guā
子 zǐ
脸 liǎn