Yanzhi
[rouge; Cochineal insect]
A red dye consists of the dry body of female cochineal insects; A red pigment used in cosmetics, and also used for painting Chinese paintings.
Rouge ointment
Rouge yān
zhīㄧㄢ
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Red series cosmetics. Apply it to cheeks and lips, and it can also be used for painting. Dream of Red Mansions. The forty-fourth time: "I saw rouge was not packed in sheets, but a small white jade box with something like rose cream in it." Travel notes of Lao Can. The ninth time: "there is a faint red in the white, unlike the current north-south dress, the rouge is painted like a monkey's ass." 」