汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 粉妆玉琢
粉妆玉琢 (粉妝玉琢)
be decorated with white powder and carved out of jade -- snow landscape / the silvery sight of snow and ice-covered land
White powder decorated, white jade carved / Describe the beautiful or child of the woman's makeup / Also used to describe snow scenes
fěn () zhuāng zhuó
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

隆冬时节,北国的哈尔滨,已是一片银白,变成了一座粉妆玉琢,光华夺目的冰城。

This could indeed apply to Harbin in deep winter when the city becomes a sparkling world of ice and snow, a world molded in jade and silver, so to say.