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眉
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Definitions
- 1. eyebrow
- 2. upper margin
Example Sentences
1 shown他聽到那個時，皺起了 眉 頭。
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Words Containing 眉
(bird species of China) Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
(the space) between the eyebrows
long, shapely eyebrows
Emeishan, county-level city in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
(bird species of China) yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
(bird species of China) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
mutual respect in marriage
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
(bird species of China) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
(bird species of China) Chinese barbet (Megalaima faber)
(bird species of China) pale-billed parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris)
see 柳眉[liǔ méi]
to scowl and stare down
pretty
(fig.) beautiful woman
to burn one's eyebrows
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
general facial appearance; features
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[pǔ xián]
to make sheep eyes at
thick eyebrows and big eyes
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
woman with a manly spirit
Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝[xīn cháo]
the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱[zhòu] into a frown)
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
(literary) forehead
to raise eyebrows
eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
tweezers
tip of brow
to concentrate one's eyebrows
to knit one's brows
to paint the eyebrows
eyebrow
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
(bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zéi méi shǔ yǎn]
ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
to make eyes
Meishan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
to frown
(bird species of China) narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Locustella fasciolata)
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
(bird species of China) white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus)
(bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
(bird species of China) Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
brows and eyes
to scowl
(bird species of China) yellow-streaked warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
(bird species of China) white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus)
eyebrows and eyelashes
header
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
to give the eye to
(bird species of China) eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
(bird species of China) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
for no reason (idiom)
progress
to look anxious (idiom)
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom)
outer tip of the eyebrow
to wink at sb
(bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea)
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for \eight\",2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46035,30970,splayfoot,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46036,30971,lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] has been written (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46037,30971,fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46038,30972,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46039,30973,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46040,30974,Ba Jia Jiang
man or men (formal)
to wink at sb
headnotes
docile; submissive
to frown
(bird species of China) ultramarine flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)
Meishan prefecture-level city in Sichuan
with a worried frown
kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
Pak Mei or Bak Mei - \White Eyebrow\ (Chinese Martial Art)
(bird species of China) black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
to stare angrily or vacantly
to apply makeup to the eyebrows
(bird species of China) yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
brows
to beam with joy
(bird species of China) garganey (Anas querquedula)
(bird species of China) redwing (Turdus iliacus)
your appearance (honorific)
eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
(bird species of China) Huet's fulvetta (Alcippe hueti)
to begin to take shape
(coll.) pretty girl
careless
(bird species of China) Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica)
(bird species of China) chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
shifty-eyed
smiles of exultation
(bird species of China) white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
(bird species of China) sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
(bird species of China) crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus)
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
to frown
waxing crescent (moon)
tip of the eyebrows
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
to scowl fiercely
Mei County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[bǎo jī], Shaanxi