Huà zhōng de shìnǚ fūrú-níngzhī, yǎnjing yòu dà yòu liàng.
The court lady in the painting has skin like congealed cream and big, bright eyes.
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From 硕人 in the 诗经, a portrait of the bride 庄姜: 手如柔荑，肤如凝脂, 'hands like soft young shoots, skin like congealed fat'. Pale, smooth skin was the ideal of beauty, and writers still use the line to praise it.
