The word 长相 (zhǎngxiàng) is formed by combining two characters: 长, which carries the core meaning of "to grow" or "to develop over time", and 相, which means "appearance" or "visual aspect". Their combination conceptually merges the idea of a person's developed or grown appearance, how one's features have formed and settled over a lifetime, into a single term for one's enduring facial looks or overall countenance. It essentially captures the notion of one's settled, adult visage.