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Meaning of 眉

Pinyin méi

Radical

目

Strokes

Definition

eyebrow / upper margin

Usage

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眉 [méi] 名 1. 眼上额下的毛：brow; eyebrow. 2. 书页上端的空白：top margin of a page. Also refers to the upper part in general. 3. 借指美女：beauty. 4. 古州名：Mei prefecture; located in present-day Meishan City, Sichuan Province. 形 1. 形容隆起：swelling. 2. 老：old. 量多用于称新月：commonly used to refer to the new moon, e.g., 一眉新月 (a new moon); 眉月 (new moon). 例 - 如: 眉心 (between the eyebrows); 眉间广尺 (a foot wide between the eyebrows, indicating unusual appearance). - 书眉; 眉批 (top margin of a book; notes on the top margin). - 眉清目秀，眉目如画 (describing someone with a beautiful and refined appearance). 引 1. 《说文》: 眉，目上毛也。 (In Shuowen Jiezi: "Méi, hair above the eye.") 2. 《诗·卫风·硕人》: 螓首蛾眉。 (In the Book of Songs: "Her head is like an elegant bee.") 3. 元稹《遗悲怀》: 报答平生未展眉。 (Yuan Zhen's "A Sad Heart": "To repay in life my unfulfilled hopes.") 例 - 眉弓 (the arching part just below the forehead where the eyebrows grow). - 眉柳 (eyebrows resembling long willows). - 眉下添眉 (a metaphor for redundancy).

扬眉吐气 yáng méi tǔ qì

feel proud and elated / hold one's head high

娥眉月 é méi yuè

waxing moon / crescent moon

眉宇 méi yǔ

(literary) forehead / countenance / appearance

峨眉 É méi

Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan

峨眉山 É méi Shān

Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[Pu3 xian2] / Emeishan city

峨眉山市 É méi shān shì

Emeishan county level city in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan

挤眉弄眼 jǐ méi nòng yǎn

to make eyes / to wink

愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn

to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable

愁眉不展 chóu méi bù zhǎn

with a worried frown

愁眉 chóu méi

knitted brows / worried look

慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù

kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking / benign-faced

描眉 miáo méi

Stroke

描眉画眼 miáo méi huà yǎn

Draw eyebrows

攒眉 cuán méi

Zan eyebrows

眉梢 méi shāo

tip of brow

喜上眉梢 xǐ shàng méi shāo

look very happy / Happiness appears on the eyebrows. / Happiness appears in one's face.

眉毛 méi mao

eyebrow / CL:根[gen1]

浓眉 nóng méi

heavy eyebrows / thick eyebrows

浓眉大眼 nóng méi dà yǎn

thick eyebrows and big eyes

燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí

lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency

眉头 méi tóu

brows

皱眉头 zhòu méi tóu

to scowl / to knit the brows

皱眉 zhòu méi

to frown / to knit one's brow

眉头一皱 méi tou yí zhòu

Frown

迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié

pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent

眉目 méi mù

general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things

眉眼 méi yǎn

brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance

眉心 méi xīn

(the space) between the eyebrows

眉飞色舞 méi fēi sè wǔ

smiles of exultation / radiant with delight

眉间 méi jiān

the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella

画眉 huà méi

to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)

眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles

眉睫 méi jié

eyebrows and eyelashes / nearby

眉清目秀 méi qīng mù xiù

pretty / with delicate features

柳眉倒竖 liǔ méi dào shù

Her willow-leaf shaped eyebrows rose. / She raises her eyebrows in anger.

横眉竖眼 héng méi shù yǎn

to scowl fiercely / to glare

蛾眉 é méi

(fig.) beautiful woman

卧蚕眉 wò cán méi

Lying silkworm eyebrow

蹙眉 cù méi

to frown

眉黛 méi dài

eyebrows (with umber black make-up)