愁眉苦脸 — Chinese idiom
愁眉苦脸
chóu méi kǔ liǎn
Traditional: 愁眉苦臉
Meaning
- to look anxious
- to look miserable
Character by character
- 愁chóuanxious, worried
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 脸liǎnface, cheek; reputation
Idioms sharing a character
- 借酒浇愁 jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
- 债多不愁 zhài duō bù chóu
- 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn
- 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng
- 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié
- 新愁旧恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn
- 消愁解闷 xiāo chóu jiě mèn
- 绿惨红愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu
- 旧愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn
- 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
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