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› 眉
眉
mei4
Cantonese
Slang
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[[an eyebrow]]
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1
[[an eyebrow]]
2
mèih jing ngáahn kèih 眉精眼企 — smart, clever.
3
mèih tauh ngáahn ngaahk 眉頭眼額 — eyebrows, head, eyes, forehead; the facial expression that can reveal what someone is thinking, what their mood is, etc..
Other Readings
眉
mei4
# adapted from cc-cedict | side | upper margin | eyebrow
Words containing 眉
愁眉鎖眼
sau4
mei4
so2
ngaan5
with knitted brows and lowered eyes
畫眉
waa6
mei4*2
thrush
眉毛
mei4
mou4
eyebrow [粵]: 眼眉, 眼眉毛
眉鉗
mei4
kim4
Tweezers
眼眉毛長
ngaan5
mei4
mou4
coeng4
(noun) long eyebrow
愁眉不展
sau4
mei4
bat1
zin2
with knitted brows
眼眉跳
ngaan5
mei4
tiu4
twitching of the eyelid, usually taken as an omen for disaster or as a sign of b
蘇眉
sou1
mei4
Humphead wrasse
好眉好鼻生沙蚋
hou2
mei6
hou2
maau6
saang1
saa1
sat1
[[[someone with nice eyebrows and a nice face infested with sand flea] someone w
好眉好貌
hou2
mei4
hou2
maau6
it describes people who are good looking on the outside
眼眉毛長
ngaan5
mei5
mou5
coeng6
[[to be very old]] to be very old.
眼眉
ngaan5
mei4
(noun) eyebrow
巾幗不讓鬚眉
gan1
gwok3
bat1
joeng6
sou1
mei4
womenfolk (巾幗) not conceding to men (鬚眉)
眉目傳情
mei4
muk6
cyun4
cing4
to talk with one's eye (verb)
擠眉弄眼
zai1
mei4
lung6
ngaan5
to make eyes; to wink
眉月
mei4
jyut6
waxing crescent moon
愁眉苦臉
sau4
mei4
fu2
lim5
to frown; to pull a long face; to wear a troubled look | [粵]: 苦口苦面
識人眉頭眼額
sik1
jan4
mei4
tau4
ngaan5
ngaak6
know how to observe the other expression; good at readings other people's though
皺眉
zau3
mei4
to frown; to scowl; to knit the brows
眉頭眼額
mei4
tau4
ngaan5
ngaak6
facial expression (spoken)
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