不施脂粉而朝见皇帝。 -----------------国语辞典：唐代杨贵妃的妹妹虢国夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝见天子的故事。见宋《乐史．杨太真外传．卷上》。英语 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom), fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup, to present oneself just as one is, without artifice