横眉冷对千夫指

héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 横眉冷对千夫指

千
qiān

thousand

对
duì

right; correct

指
zhǐ

finger

横
héng

horizontal

横
hèng

harsh and unreasonable

千夫
qiān fū

a lot of people (literary)

夫
fū

man

夫
fú

(classical) this, that

横眉
héng méi

to concentrate one's eyebrows

眉
méi

eyebrow

冷
lěng

cold