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臉譜 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
臉譜 ＝ 臉 ＋ 譜
ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄨˇ · liǎnpǔ
noun — the painted-face makeup of Peking opera; (fig.) a stock character type

字源 FORM — what the parts do

臉face (臉孔)liǎn
譜a chart, notation (樂譜)pǔ
臉譜，臉孔的臉，樂譜的譜。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一張臉（臉）按譜（譜）上的圖案，畫成了角色。
The face (臉) is painted to a fixed chart (譜) — that pattern is the role.
關 · Related
樂譜yuèpǔthe same 譜, notation for music instead臉孔liǎnkǒngthe same 臉, the plain face