Meaning:

    “颜” means “face,” and “值” means “value.” A term popular among Chinese netizens, this term literally means the “value of a person’s face,” which actually means how good-looking a person is. Therefore, it’s used to evaluate a person’s looks. If a person is very pretty, then he or she has a “very high-valued face.”

    Example:

    A: 你看《少女武则天》了吗？

    Nǐ kàn 《shàonǚ wǔzétiān》 le ma?

    Did you watch the TV series “Teenage Years of Emperess Wu Zetian?”

    B: 没有。听说是范冰冰主演的，剧情很奇葩。

    Méiyǒu。Tīngshuō shì fànbīngbīng zhǔyǎn de, jùqíng hén qípā。

    No. I heard Fan Bingbing is the leading actress, and the show has a ridiculous plotline.

    A: 不过演员颜值总和爆表。

    Bùguò yǎnyuán yánzhí zǒnghé bàobiǎo。

    However, there are many many pretty faces in it.

    B: 哦，原来你是看脸的。

    O, yuánlái nǐ shì kàn liǎn de。

    So you watch the show for the pretty faces.