powder. gunpowder. Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekhov

powder

/ˈpaʊdə/

noun

1. 1.

   fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.

   "add four tablespoons of cocoa powder"

   Similar:

   dust

   fine particles

   fine grains

   talcum powder

   talc

   pulvil

   pulvilio

   pounce

   

   

   

   
2. 2.

   loose, dry, newly fallen snow.

   "in Aspen, blue skies and good powder drew in record numbers"

 3. powder= gunpowder

verb

1. 1.

   apply cosmetic powder to (the face or body).

   "she powdered her face and put on a dab of perfume"

   Similar:

   dust

   talc
2. 2.

   reduce (a substance) to a powder by drying or crushing it.

   "then the rose petals are dried and powdered"

Howard Chang

Howard Chang

此譯出自一個機智問答：

Why is a soldier like a woman.

Ans = One powders the face and the other faces the powder.

毛澤東曾寫一首七絕為女民兵題照：「不愛红装愛武装」，學者許淵冲譯為
To face the powder, and not to powder the face.
成為他最有名的譯例