素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
Meaning
- literally to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 Yáng Guì fēi) (idiom)
- figuratively (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
- to present oneself just as one is, without artifice