汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 正颜厉色
正颜厉色 (正顏厲色)
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
颜 face / The description is stern, and the expression is very severe
颜面容。形容板着脸,神情非常严厉。
zhèng/zhēng () yán () lì sè/shǎi
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她那件正颜厉色的肩部衬了垫肩,使肩部看起来很平整。

The shoulders of her jacket were padded out to make them look square.

“不喜欢这个国家的人应当待在自己的国家里,”我正颜厉色地说。

"People who don't like this country ought to stay at home," I said severely.