The Face of Fu Manchu

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

face Noun

— A face is the front part of the head. His face was red with embarrassment. — A look or expression on the face. He made a face at the bitter medicine. — One side of a many-sided shape. A dodecahedron has twelve faces.

face Verb

— If mathx/math faces mathy/math, the front of mathx/math is pointing in the direction of mathy/math. Please face me when I speak to you. The store faces the bank. It's hard to face the fact that his wife is gone. You have to face the bully.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

fu noun

— flux unit

fu noun

— Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry

fu noun

— (slang) Expertise, mastery

Manchu

— noun a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century — noun the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu — noun (= Qing, Qing dynasty) the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu