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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
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eyebrow / upper margin
smiles of exultation / radiant with delight
Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝
eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
to frown / to knit one's brow
to frown
to scowl / to knit the brows
(the space) between the eyebrows
brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
brows
Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
to make eyes / to wink
(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
see 柳眉
(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)
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
to make sheep eyes at / to cast amorous glances at
Mei County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
man or men (formal)
mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉
eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
to knit one's brows / to frown
to beam with joy / all smiles
(literary) forehead / (literary) countenance; features
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
to begin to take shape / to be about to materialize
careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
Emeishan, county-level city in Leshan 樂山|乐山, Sichuan
thick eyebrows and big eyes
header / top margin on a page
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱 into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
tip of brow
lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes / to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
waxing crescent (moon)
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
eyebrows and eyelashes / (fig.) close at hand; urgent; pressing; imperative
to paint the eyebrows
with a worried frown
(coll.) pretty girl
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
long, shapely eyebrows
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
(fig.) beautiful woman
your appearance (honorific)
tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
lit. kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom) / fig. amiable looking; benign-faced
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
pretty / with delicate features
to give the eye to / to make eyes at
headnotes / comments or footnotes at top of the page
to stare angrily or vacantly
to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
for no reason (idiom)
(used in place names, notably 峨眉山 Mount Emei in Sichuan)
to wink at sb
to wink at sb
variant of 蛾眉
the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
to raise eyebrows
outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
(bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead / also written 眉間輪|眉间轮
(bird species of China) garganey (Spatula querquedula)
to scowl fiercely / to glare
docile; submissive
Pak Mei or Bak Mei - "White Eyebrow" (Chinese Martial Art)
(bird species of China) eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
(idiom) straight, thick, upward-inclined eyebrows and eyes that are bright and full of spirit; striking, handsome features; dashing, heroic appearance
to scowl and stare down / to defy
tweezers
(bird species of China) narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
(bird species of China) sulphur-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus ricketti)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
to frown
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
woman with a manly spirit
(bird species of China) Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
(bird species of China) yellow-streaked warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
to concentrate one's eyebrows / to frown / to scowl
(bird species of China) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
(bird species of China) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica)

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