慈眉善目 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• kind-looking; benevolent-looking

Character by character

• 慈cígentle, humane, kind, merciful
• 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
• 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic

Idioms sharing a character

• 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
• 心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
• 慈悲为本 cí bēi wéi běn
• 父慈子孝 fù cí zǐ xiào
• 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
• 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
• 愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn
• 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
• 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
• 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí

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