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eyebrow / CL:
HSK 7-9
to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
(bird species of China) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
(bird species of China) sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes / to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
variant of 蛾眉
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
Mei County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
see 柳眉
to begin to take shape / to be about to materialize
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
to paint the eyebrows
the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
(literary) forehead / (literary) countenance; features
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
(coll.) pretty girl
(the space) between the eyebrows
tip of brow
to raise eyebrows
long, shapely eyebrows
smiles of exultation / radiant with delight
lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / fig. amiable looking; benign-faced
brows
for no reason (idiom)
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
thick eyebrows and big eyes
to make eyes / to wink
eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
(bird species of China) narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
general facial appearance; features / arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things
progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome
(fig.) beautiful woman
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eyebrow / upper margin
pretty / with delicate features
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
to make sheep eyes at / to cast amorous glances at
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
to concentrate one's eyebrows / to frown / to scowl
to frown
to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
to scowl fiercely / to glare
header / top margin on a page
eyebrows and eyelashes / (fig.) close at hand; urgent; pressing; imperative
tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
to stare angrily or vacantly
mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱 into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
to knit one's brows / to frown
(bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
Meishan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
(bird species of China) redwing (Turdus iliacus)
eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
to beam with joy / all smiles
waxing crescent (moon)
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
(bird species of China) Huet's fulvetta (Alcippe hueti)
ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead / also written 眉間輪|眉间轮
to give the eye to / to make eyes at
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
(bird species of China) eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
your appearance (honorific)
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
to scowl and stare down / to defy
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
(bird species of China) Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
docile; submissive
(bird species of China) Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
(bird species of China) white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
to scowl / to knit the brows
outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
(bird species of China) yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
(bird species of China) Chinese barbet (Psilopogon faber)
(bird species of China) pale-billed parrotbill (Suthora atrosuperciliaris)
to wink at sb
to wink at sb
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
to frown
(idiom) straight, thick, upward-inclined eyebrows and eyes that are bright and full of spirit; striking, handsome features; dashing, heroic appearance
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(used in place names, notably 峨眉山 Mount Emei in Sichuan)
Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
woman with a manly spirit
with a worried frown
(bird species of China) yellow-streaked warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy

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