橫眉豎眼

See also: 横眉竖眼

Chinese

			(straight down character stroke); to erect; vertical	eye
trad. (橫眉豎眼)		橫眉	豎	眼
simp. (横眉竖眼)		横眉	竖	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngméi shù yǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngméi shù yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngméi shù yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-mei² shu⁴ yen³
    • Yale: héng-méi shù yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngmei shuh yean
    • Palladius: хэнмэй шу янь (xɛnmɛj šu janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

橫眉豎眼

1. to have a dirty look on one's face; to give someone a dirty look