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
◎ 发语词 fāyǔcí[a form word;function characters used in the beginning of classical Chinese documents] 文言虚词的一种,用于句首。如“夫”、“盖” -----------------国语辞典:文章中用于句首,揭举事物的虚词性助词。文言中有「夫」、「维」、「盖」等。「词」文献异文作「辞」。晋.郭璞〈尔雅序〉「夫尔雅者,所以通训诂之指归」句下邢昺.疏:「夫者,发语辞,亦指示语。」也称为「发端词」。