整容 (zhěng róng) — to undergo plastic surgery, to have cosmetic surgery; (colloquial) to fix oneself up, to spruce up
Definition
整容 literally means 'reshape one's appearance' — its main sense is cosmetic/plastic surgery. Colloquially it also means to spruce oneself up (hair, makeup) before an event.
verb
to undergo plastic surgeryto have cosmetic surgery(colloquial) to fix oneself upto spruce up
Examples
- ，整容。Tā duì zì jǐ bí zi bú tài mǎn yì, suǒ yǐ qù zhěng róng le.She wasn't happy with her nose, so she got plastic surgery.
- ，，。Wǒ jiě jie zhěng guò liǎng cì róng, yí cì shì yǎn jing, yí cì shì xià ba.My sister had plastic surgery twice — once on her eyes and once on her chin.
- ，整容。Cān jiā hūn lǐ qián, tā huā le yí gè xiǎo shí zhěng róng zì jǐ.Before the wedding, she spent an hour sprucing herself up.
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