獐頭鼠目
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Chinese[edit]
river deer; roebuck | head; (noun suffix) | rat; mouse | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title | ||
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trad. (獐頭鼠目) | 獐 | 頭 | 鼠 | 目 | |
simp. (獐头鼠目) | 獐 | 头 | 鼠 | 目 | |
alternative forms | 麞頭鼠目/獐头鼠目 | ||||
Literally: “with the head of a buck and the eyes of a rat”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
獐頭鼠目
- repulsively ugly and sly-looking; ugly and shifty; having a mean physiognomy; obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking