横眉冷对千夫指

héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ

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Definitions

1. to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
2. to treat with disdain
3. to defy

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Child Words of 横眉冷对千夫指

• 千 千 qiān: thousand
• 对 对 duì: right; correct
• 指 指 zhǐ: finger
• 横 横 héng: horizontal
• 横 横 hèng: harsh and unreasonable
• 千夫 千夫 qiān fū: a lot of people (literary)
• 夫 夫 fū: husband
• 夫 夫 fú: (classical) this, that
• 横眉 横眉 héng méi: to concentrate one's eyebrows
• 眉 眉 méi: eyebrow
• 冷 冷 lěng: cold