面朝黄土背朝天 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 面朝黃土背朝天 miàncháohuángtǔbèicháotiān ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ face to the ground, back to the sky Character by character 面(miàn)face 朝(cháo)imperial or royal court 黄(huáng)surname Huang or Hwang 土(tǔ)surname Tu 背(bèi)the back of a body or object 朝(cháo)imperial or royal court 天(tiān)day A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0