磨皮 (mópí): (photo editing) to smooth skin;…

Meanings

1 (photo editing) to smooth skin; skin-smoothing filter
2 (cosmetic) dermabrasion

Characters

磨

Examples

这张照片磨皮太狠了，脸都假了。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn mópí tài hěn le, liǎn dōu jiǎ le.

This photo's skin-smoothing is overdone — the face looks fake.

别一键磨皮，毛孔都没了。

Bié yī jiàn mópí, máokǒng dōu méi le.

Don't one-click smooth — all the pores disappear.

Tips

culture

Default filter in Meitu, Xiaohongshu and every Chinese selfie app. Over-磨皮 is a running joke: subject's face turns plastic-smooth while the background stays sharp.

Stroke Order

磨 mó

皮 pí

Related Words

干皮 gānpí

dry skin (skin type) / a person with dry skin

豆皮 dòupí

tofu skin / dried beancurd sheet / (Wuhan dish) doupi — pan-fried sticky-rice and beancurd-skin parcel

奶皮 nǎipí

milk skin (the film that forms on heated milk) / urum (Mongolian clotted milk skin dairy snack, usually called 奶皮子)

冰皮月饼 bīngpíyuèbǐng

snow skin mooncake / ice skin mooncake

双皮奶 shuāngpínǎi

double skin milk (Cantonese milk custard dessert) / steamed milk-egg custard with a double-layered skin

破皮 pòpí

to scrape/graze the skin; to break the skin

油皮 yóupí

oily skin / person with oily skin

皮肤 pífū HSK 5 #2,168

skin (of a person) / complexion

皮 pí HSK 3 #1,314

skin; leather / peel; rind; surface / naughty; mischievous (colloquial)

虎皮 hǔpí #35,980

tiger skin / tiger hide / tiger-skin pattern / (figuratively) a borrowed authority used to intimidate